| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1476-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pulseaudio (PTS) | bullseye | 14.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 16.1+dfsg1-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 17.0+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pulseaudio | source | etch | 0.9.5-5etch1 | DSA-1476-1 | ||
| pulseaudio | source | (unstable) | 0.9.9-1 |