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Mandriva: Updated pulseaudio packages fix local root Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A programming flaw was found in Pulseaudio versions older than 0.9.9, by which a local user can gain root access, if pulseaudio is installed as a setuid to root binary, which is the recommended configuration. The updated packages fix this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:027
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : pulseaudio
 Date    : January 25, 2008
 Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A programming flaw was found in Pulseaudio versions older than 0.9.9,
 by which a local user can gain root access, if pulseaudio is installed
 as a setuid to root binary, which is the recommended configuration.
 
 The updated packages fix this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0008
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
 52f138a98db13ca5eb3d9a37b9b8efe0  2007.1/i586/libpulseaudio0-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 f48d1b6b61fa0c52406b76c010604f00  2007.1/i586/libpulseaudio0-devel-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 baa1c32f82d6925d3533c4d848fe0785  2007.1/i586/libpulsecore2-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 55bbdfcca0c7809ee8a1e0ddf4b6e15d  2007.1/i586/pulseaudio-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 8e833b7c732943d2ef143e35acf2f4e1  2007.1/SRPMS/pulseaudio-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
 25a669614bfe39badacd0e9c9adaa0ab  2007.1/x86_64/lib64pulseaudio0-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 f93980d7641d4aafd0f51b83a665d9c3  2007.1/x86_64/lib64pulseaudio0-devel-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 0f1442574974705cb4508432c5d2a958  2007.1/x86_64/lib64pulsecore2-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 96f6df3186f6622e68178fc238a8396f  2007.1/x86_64/pulseaudio-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 8e833b7c732943d2ef143e35acf2f4e1  2007.1/SRPMS/pulseaudio-0.9.5-1.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 47d86f290ace043d9afff832167fd4e9  2008.0/i586/libpulseaudio0-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 1b8bdf5f12c0b49700f99fa548af8097  2008.0/i586/libpulseaudio0-devel-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 0da7faa98ccb33abf6ab01be9196532a  2008.0/i586/libpulsecore3-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 134fdecb71eb1a9486be1fb50f2a9dd1  2008.0/i586/pulseaudio-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 ec9296a94a1f5ddb68f07e1188ed6fbd  2008.0/SRPMS/pulseaudio-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 32b199e39787b69263fb4ad12fc406f2  2008.0/x86_64/lib64pulseaudio0-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 290bc9b8b5088dc34dcb4bc759de0674  2008.0/x86_64/lib64pulseaudio0-devel-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 1156bbd6a875bfe3039dd4a4c0bbd7c3  2008.0/x86_64/lib64pulsecore3-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 2e4058e6aa6b0c87340e71b491f3f494  2008.0/x86_64/pulseaudio-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 ec9296a94a1f5ddb68f07e1188ed6fbd  2008.0/SRPMS/pulseaudio-0.9.6-3.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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