Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A programming flaw was found in Pulseaudio versions older than 0.9.9, by which a local user can gain root access, if pulseaudio is installed as a setuid to root binary, which is the recommended configuration.
The updated packages fix this issue.
Affected
pulseaudio on Mandriva Linux 2007.1,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-0008 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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