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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0008
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CVE-2008-0008

Description:
The pa_drop_root function in PulseAudio 0.9.8, and a certain 0.9.9 build, does not check return values from (1) setresuid, (2) setreuid, (3) setuid, and (4) seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail via attacks such as resource exhaustion.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39992

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28623
  Secunia Advisory: SA28608
  Secunia Advisory: SA28738
  Secunia Advisory: SA28952

MLIST

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476

CONFIRM
  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214
  http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100

BID
  27449


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