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cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

part: a version: 0.9.8 update: *

VendorPulseaudio (cb001e6d-7884-5520-a895-2475e0adfebf)
ProductPulseaudio (7fcff055-460c-59c5-932f-ae980e1d3321)
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Notes

Imported from NVD CPE 2.0 feed

PURL mappings

PURLSourceLast updated
pkg:deb/debian/pulseaudio purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:41.098844
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pulseaudio purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:41.098846
pkg:github/pulseaudio/pulseaudio purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:41.098848
pkg:gitlab/redhat/pulseaudio purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:41.098849
pkg:rpm/fedora/pulseaudio purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:41.098851
pkg:rpm/opensuse/pulseaudio purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:41.098853

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2008-0008 vulnerable 2026-06-08 04:50:09.920197 Details available
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.
Published: 2008-01-28T23:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-07T07:32:23.571Z
Reference links
Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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