USN-465-1: PulseAudio vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.04

Details

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple flaws in pulseaudio's network
processing code. If an unauthenticated attacker sent specially crafted
requests to the pulseaudio daemon, it would crash, resulting in a denial
of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.04

• pulseaudio - 0.9.5-5ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-1804