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Ubuntu update for pulseaudio
Secunia Advisory: SA25431
Release Date: 2007-05-28
Popularity: 4,703 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Ubuntu Linux 7.04

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Description:
Ubuntu has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in pulseaudio, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the incorrect use of "assert()" while processing certain requests. These can be exploited to terminate the server by sending specially crafted requests.

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