DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0008

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0008

    Published: 29 Jan 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-0008

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0008

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pulseaudio

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.9-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High