6.9 - CVE-2009-1299

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2009-1299	First vendor Publication	2010-03-18
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	6.9	Attack Range	Local
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	3.4	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1299

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19940

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19940
Title:	DSA-2017-1 pulseaudio - insecure temporary directory
Description:	Dan Rosenberg discovered that the PulseAudio sound server creates a temporary directory with a predictable name. This allows a local attacker to create a Denial of Service condition or possibly disclose sensitive information to unprivileged users.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-2017-1 CVE-2009-1299	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 5.0	Product(s):	pulseaudio
Definition Synopsis:
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed AND pulseaudio DPKG is earlier than 0:0.9.10-3+lenny2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6898

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6898
Title:	DSA-2017 pulseaudio -- insecure temporary directory
Description:	Dan Rosenberg discovered that the PulseAudio sound server creates a temporary directory with a predictable name. This allows a local attacker to create a Denial of Service condition or possibly disclose sensitive information to unprivileged users.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-2017 CVE-2009-1299	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 5.0	Product(s):	pulseaudio
Definition Synopsis:
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed Supported architectures section Installed architecture is s390 AND Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is arm AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is armel AND Installed architecture is mips AND Installed architecture is ia64 AND Installed architecture is alpha AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is mipsel AND Installed architecture is hppa Packages section libpulse-dev is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-utils is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-esound-compat is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulse-mainloop-glib0-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-gconf-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-esound-compat-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-hal is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulsecore5 is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulse-browse0 is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-zeroconf is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulse-browse0-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-jack-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-x11 is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-utils-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-x11-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulse-mainloop-glib0 is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-gconf is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-hal-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-lirc-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-lirc is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio-module-jack is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulse0 is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND pulseaudio is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulsecore5-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2 AND libpulse0-dbg is earlier than 0.9.10-3+lenny2

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Pulseaudio cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.10:::::::*	2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2010-06-25	Name : Mandriva Update for pulseaudio MDVSA-2010:124 (pulseaudio) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_124.nasl
2010-04-29	Name : Mandriva Update for mandriva-release MDVA-2010:124 (mandriva-release) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_124.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
63097	PulseAudio core-util.c pa_make_secure_dir Function Temporary File Symlink Arb...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2014-02-10	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201402-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-24	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-124.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_libpulse-browse0-100312.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_libpulse-browse0-100312.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_libpulse-browse0-100312.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-16	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a41...

Source	Url
CONFIRM	https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008
DEBIAN	http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017
MANDRIVA	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124
MISC	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570

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Date	Informations
2023-11-07 21:47:37	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:09:25	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:09:45	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:23:38	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:49:41	Multiple Updates
2013-05-10 23:48:46	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	2
CPE ID(s)	2
Sources(s)	6
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	2
Nessus® Exploit(s)	6

	Related
6.9	MDVSA-2010:124
6.9	GLSA-201402-10
6.9	DSA-2017
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6.9 - CVE-2009-1299

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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Original Source

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

OVAL Definitions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

OpenVAS Exploits

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

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