CVE-2008-0008 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published 28 Jan 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escalate privileges by causing PulseAudio to fail dropping root permissions due to unchecked return values.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-0008?

CVE-2008-0008 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jan 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0008?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (1)

pulseaudio openSUSE:Tumbleweed All versions 15.0-3.1

Products include Pulseaudio Pulseaudio.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0008?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2008-0008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0008, DSA-1476-1, GHSA-8542-rfhf-wf9j, openSUSE-SU-2024:11200-1.