Executive Summary

Summary
Title PulseAudio vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-465-1 First vendor Publication 2007-05-25
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-05-25
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 7.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.04:
pulseaudio 0.9.5-5ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple flaws in pulseaudio's network processing code. If an unauthenticated attacker sent specially crafted requests to the pulseaudio daemon, it would crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-465-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for pulseaudio MDVSA-2008:065 (pulseaudio)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_065.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for pulseaudio vulnerability USN-465-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_465_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
34947 PulseAudio Multiple Method Malformed Packet Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-065.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-465-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_pulseaudio-3637.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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