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Debian DSA-2017-1 : pulseaudio - insecure temporary directory

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45062

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the PulseAudio sound server creates a temporary directory with a predictable name. This allows a local attacker to create a Denial of Service condition or possibly disclose sensitive information to unprivileged users.

Solution

Upgrade the pulseaudio package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.10-3+lenny2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45062

File Name: debian_DSA-2017.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pulseaudio, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1299

DSA: 2017