1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-804-1

USN-804-1: PulseAudio vulnerability

Publication date

16 July 2009

Overview

PulseAudio vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

Tavis Ormandy, Julien Tinnes, and Yorick Koster discovered that PulseAudio did not
safely re-execute itself. A local attacker could exploit this to gain
root privileges.

Tavis Ormandy, Julien Tinnes, and Yorick Koster discovered that PulseAudio did not
safely re-execute itself. A local attacker could exploit this to gain
root privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.04 jaunty pulseaudio –  1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2
8.10 intrepid pulseaudio –  0.9.10-2ubuntu9.4
8.04 hardy pulseaudio –  0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1

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