Improper input validation in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux
CVE-2008-0008
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 2007.1, 2008.0
- Pulseaudio — versions 0.9.6, 0.9.8
- Red Hat Fedora — versions 7, 8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27449 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28623 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001228.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)
- pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100 (Exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0283 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00852.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)