CVE-2009-1894

pulseaudio: privilege escalation flaw via pulseaudio re-exec

Published Jul 17, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1838-1 New pulseaudio packages fix privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1889 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-804-1 PulseAudio vulnerability
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 AM
Reserved
Jun 2, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 17, 2009, 4:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 16, 2009, 12:00 AM