CVE-2008-0008
pulseaudio - programming error
EPSS 0.56%
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-0008
To remediate CVE-2008-0008, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pulseaudio—upgrade to 0.9.9-1 or later
- Debian/pulseaudio—upgrade to 0.9.5-5etch1 or later
Is CVE-2008-0008 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.9.9-1
- from 0, < 0.9.5-5etch1