CVE-2008-0008
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (47th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0021)
- Published
- January 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0021 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- redhat / fedora
- redhat / fedora
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214(Third Party Advisory)
- http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28608(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28623(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28738(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28952(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-07.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-573-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=347822(Issue Tracking)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425481(Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39992(VDB Entry)
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html(Broken Link)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00869.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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