PulseAudio 0.9.5 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in PulseAudio 0.9.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

PulseAudio 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of FRAME_SIZE_MAX_ALLOW sent on TCP port 9875, which triggers a p->export assertion failure in do_read; (2) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of 0 sent on TCP port 9875, which triggers a length assertion failure in pa_memblock_new; or (3) an empty packet on UDP port 9875, which triggers a t assertion failure in pa_sdp_parse; and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted packet on TCP port 9875 that (4) triggers a maxlength assertion failure in pa_memblockq_new, (5) triggers a size assertion failure in pa_xmalloc, or (6) plays a certain sound file.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2007. The weakness was shared 04/02/2007 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared for download at aluigi.altervista.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-1804 since 04/02/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27405 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : pulseaudio (pulseaudio-3637)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33315), Exploit-DB (29809), Tenable (27405), SecurityFocus (BID 23240†) and OSVDB (34947†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 27405
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : pulseaudio (pulseaudio-3637)
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OpenVAS ID: 830363
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for mysql MDVA-2012:049 (mysql)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: aluigi.altervista.org
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1804 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1804
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35944
X-Force: 33315
SecurityFocus: 23240 - PulseAudio Assert() Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25431
OSVDB: 34947 - PulseAudio - Assert() - Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16643 - PulseAudio 0.9.5 Remote Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1214

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 12/28/2024 02:35 AM
Changes: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM (77), 07/29/2019 08:29 AM (5), 12/28/2024 02:35 AM (19)
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