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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD3.3 Low

CVE-2020-11931

Ubuntu modifications to pulseaudio to provide snap security enforcement could be unloaded

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
canonical

Description

An Ubuntu-specific modification to Pulseaudio to provide security mediation for Snap-packaged applications was found to have a bypass of intended access restriction for snaps which plugs any of pulseaudio, audio-playback or audio-record via unloading the pulseaudio snap policy module. This issue affects: pulseaudio 1:8.0 versions prior to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12; 1:11.1 versions prior to 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7; 1:13.0 versions prior to 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2; 1:13.99.1 versions prior to 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2;

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Canonical pulseaudio

  • 1:8.0 to < 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12affected
  • 1:11.1 to < 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7affected
  • 1:13.0 to < 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2affected
  • 1:13.99.1 to < 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2affected

References