Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 15, 2020· Updated Sep 17, 2024
Ubuntu modifications to pulseaudio to provide snap security enforcement could be unloaded
CVE-2020-11931
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;
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Affected products
2- Range: <1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12, <1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7, <1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2, <1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2
- Canonical/pulseaudiov5Range: 1:8.0
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References
2- usn.ubuntu.com/4355-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- forum.snapcraft.io/t/audio-switcher-pulseaudio-interface-auto-connect-request/16648/3mitrex_refsource_MISC
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