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pulseaudio — security advisory
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
- Products
- pulseaudio
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.21-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-1299
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1299
pulseaudio
Fixed versions: 0.9.21-1.1
pulseaudio
Fixed versions: 0.9.21-1.1
pulseaudio
Fixed versions: 0.9.21-1.1
Complete source record
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