PT-2020-12929 · Canonical+1 · Pulseaudio+2

James Henstridge

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Published

2020-04-16

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Updated

2020-05-19

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CVE-2020-11931

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pulseaudio versions 1:8.0 through 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.11 pulseaudio versions 1:11.1 through 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6 pulseaudio versions 1:13.0 through 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1 pulseaudio versions 1:13.99.1 through 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.1
Description The issue is related to an Ubuntu-specific modification to Pulseaudio, which provides security mediation for Snap-packaged applications. It was found that there is a bypass of intended access restriction for snaps that plug any of pulseaudio, audio-playback, or audio-record via unloading the pulseaudio snap policy module.
Recommendations For pulseaudio versions 1:8.0 through 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.11, update to version 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12 or later. For pulseaudio versions 1:11.1 through 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6, update to version 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 or later. For pulseaudio versions 1:13.0 through 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1, update to version 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2 or later. For pulseaudio versions 1:13.99.1 through 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.1, update to version 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-11931
USN-4355-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Ubuntu
Pulseaudio