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Debian DSA-1476-1 : pulseaudio - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 30111

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Marcus Meissner discovered that the PulseAudio sound server performed insufficient checks when dropping privileges, which could lead to local privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the pulseaudio packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain pulseaudio.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.5-5etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30111

File Name: debian_DSA-1476.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pulseaudio, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0008

CWE: 20

DSA: 1476