{"action":"Upgrade pulseaudio to 0.9.9-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"0.9.9-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"pulseaudio","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["0.9.9-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5N8YTYVM8ASHSV250B68BWB","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:35.370715553Z","published_at":"2008-01-29T00:00:00Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0008","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0008"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0008#Debian:13/pulseaudio","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0008"}],"summary":"The pa_drop_root function in PulseAudio 0.9.8, and a certain 0.9.9 build, does not check return values from (1) setresuid, (2) setreuid, (3) setuid, and (4) seteuid calls when attempting to drop privi"}