Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting LD_BIND_NOW to 1, and then calling execv on the target of the /proc/self/exe symlink.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade pulseaudio | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-sound/pulseaudio. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade pulseaudio | Nov 8, 2024 | Jul 17, 2009 |
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