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Ubuntu 7.04 / 7.10 : pulseaudio vulnerability (USN-573-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 30147

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that PulseAudio did not properly drop privileges when running as a daemon. Local users may be able to exploit this and gain privileges. The default Ubuntu configuration is not affected.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/573-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30147

File Name: ubuntu_USN-573-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2008

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-browse0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-mainloop-glib0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-gconf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-esound-compat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-zeroconf, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-lirc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-hal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-x11

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0008

CWE: 20

USN: 573-1