CVE catalog

CVE-2008-0008

pulseaudio: CVE-2008-0008

Severity: Medium
Published: Jan 27, 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.56% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	pulseaudio	sid	`17.0+dfsg1-3`	fixed
Debian	pulseaudio	forky	`17.0+dfsg1-3`	fixed
Debian	pulseaudio	trixie	`17.0+dfsg1-2`	fixed
Debian	pulseaudio	bookworm	`16.1+dfsg1-2`	fixed
Opensuse	pulseaudio	tumbleweed	`15.0-3.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	pulseaudio	source	sid	`0.9.9-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	pulseaudio	source	forky	`0.9.9-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	pulseaudio	source	trixie	`0.9.9-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	pulseaudio	source	bookworm	`0.9.9-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	pulseaudio	rpm	tumbleweed	`15.0-3.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11200-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[libpulse0]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libpulse0-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libpulse-devel]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libpulse-devel-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libpulse-mainloop-glib0]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libpulse-mainloop-glib0-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-bash-completion]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-lang]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-module-bluetooth]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-module-gsettings]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-module-jack]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-module-lirc]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-module-x11]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-module-zeroconf]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-setup]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-system-wide]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-utils]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-utils-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[pulseaudio-zsh-completion]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed
[system-user-pulse]Unknown
Source package: [pulseaudio]
Details (1)
- 17.0-7.5 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 15.0-3.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · pulseaudio · opensuse · tumbleweed

Next results

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:01 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]