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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-465-1 May 25, 2007 pulseaudio vulnerability CVE-2007-1804 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading 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. Details follow: 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.