Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Updated pulseaudio packages fix local root vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2008:027 | First vendor Publication | 2008-01-25 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2008-01-25 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A programming flaw was found in Pulseaudio versions older than 0.9.9, by which a local user can gain root access, if pulseaudio is installed as a setuid to root binary, which is the recommended configuration. The updated packages fix this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17781 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17781 | ||
| Title: | USN-573-1 -- pulseaudio vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that PulseAudio did not properly drop privileges when running as a daemon. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-573-1 CVE-2008-0008 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 | Product(s): | pulseaudio |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20369 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20369 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1476-1 pulseaudio - programming error | ||
| Description: | Marcus Meissner discovered that the PulseAudio sound server performed insufficient checks when dropping privileges, which could lead to local privilege escalation. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1476-1 CVE-2008-0008 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | pulseaudio |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for pulseaudio MDVSA-2008:027 (pulseaudio) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_027.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for pulseaudio vulnerability USN-573-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_573_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for pulseaudio FEDORA-2008-0963 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_0963_pulseaudio_fc8.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for pulseaudio FEDORA-2008-0994 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_0994_pulseaudio_fc7.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200802-07 (pulseaudio) File : nvt/glsa_200802_07.nasl |
| 2008-01-31 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1476-1 (pulseaudio) File : nvt/deb_1476_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 42842 | PulseAudio pa_drop_root Function Local Privilege Escalation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-02-14 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200802-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-02-01 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-573-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1476.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-27 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-0963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-27 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-0994.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:39:10 |
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