PT-2010-1259 · Pulseaudio · Pulseaudio

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2010-03-18 · Updated 2010-06-29 · CVE-2009-1299

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PulseAudio versions 0.9.10 through 0.9.19

Description The issue allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file. This is due to a problem in the pa make secure dir function in core-util.c.

Recommendations For PulseAudio versions 0.9.10 through 0.9.19, consider restricting access to the pa make secure dir function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1299

DSA-2017-1

Affected Products

Pulseaudio

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1299 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1299 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570 · Note
• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008 · Note
• http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577ee · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615 · Note