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pulseaudio: ignores setuid() return value

Package(s):

pulseaudio

CVE #(s):

CVE-2008-0008

Created:

January 25, 2008

Updated:

February 14, 2008

Description:

Pulseaudio ignores setuid() return value. A user can cause the call to fail by exhausting the resources in some cases.

Alerts:

Gentoo	200802-07	2008-02-13
Ubuntu	USN-573-1	2008-01-31
Mandriva	MDVSA-2008:027	2007-01-25
Debian	DSA-1476-1	2008-01-27
Fedora	FEDORA-2008-0994	2008-01-24
Fedora	FEDORA-2008-0963	2008-01-24

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