Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

[pulseaudio] [CVE-2008-0008] programming error which could lead to localprivilege escalation

Bug #186571 reported by disabled.user
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

References:
DSA-1476-1 (http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1476)
MDVSA-2008:027 (http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:027)

Quoting DSA-1476-1:
"Marcus Meissner discovered that the PulseAudio sound server performed
insufficent checks when dropping privileges, which could lead to local
privilege escalation."

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