CVE-2008-0008
PulseAudio Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 29, 2008, midnight
Last Modified :
Jan. 9, 2024, 2:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 09, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 No Types Assigned http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html No Types Assigned https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration AND OR cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:x86-64:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:x86-64:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39992 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 29, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0008
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-0008
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile