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CVE-2007-1804 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.8 HIGH
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pulsex-adv.txt Patch 
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pulsex-adv.txt Patch 
http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zip
http://aluigi.org/poc/pulsex.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/25431
http://secunia.com/advisories/25431
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:065
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:065
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23240
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23240
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-465-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-465-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1214
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1214
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33315
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33315

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:pulseaudio:pulseaudio:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-1804
NVD Published Date:
04/02/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE