Ubuntu Security Notice USN-573-1
31st January, 2008
pulseaudio vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
Software description
- pulseaudio
Details
It was discovered that PulseAudio did not properly drop privileges
when running as a daemon. Local users may be able to exploit this
and gain privileges. The default Ubuntu configuration is not
affected.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- pulseaudio 0.9.6-1ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- pulseaudio 0.9.5-5ubuntu4.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.