MGASA-2014-0440

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    MGASA-2014-0440

    Published: 2 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3970

    Summary: Updated pulseaudio package fixes RTP remote crash vulnerability

    Details: PulseAudio versions shipped in Mageia 3 and 4 were vulnerable to a remote RTP attack which could crash the PulseAudio server simply by sending an empty UDP packet. Additionally, the version of PulseAudio shipped in Mageia 4 was a pre-release version of PulseAudio v5 and has been updated to the official final version.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0440.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13483

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pulseaudio

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/pulseaudio?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0-7.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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    High