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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64435
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200907-13 (pulseaudio)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200907-13.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200907-13.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability in PulseAudio may allow a local user to execute code with
escalated privileges.

Solution:
All PulseAudio users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/pulseaudio-0.9.9-r54'

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1894
20090717 PulseAudio local race condition privilege escalation vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505052/100/0/threaded
35721
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35721
35868
http://secunia.com/advisories/35868
35886
http://secunia.com/advisories/35886
35896
http://secunia.com/advisories/35896
DSA-1838
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1838
GLSA-200907-13
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-13.xml
MDVSA-2009:152
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:152
MDVSA-2009:171
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:171
USN-804-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-804-1
http://blog.cr0.org/2009/07/old-school-local-root-vulnerability-in.html
http://taviso.decsystem.org/research.html
http://www.akitasecurity.nl/advisory.php?id=AK20090602
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pulseaudio-0.9.10-1.el5.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510071
pulseaudio-suid-privilege-escalation(51804)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51804
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