Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024
Bypass of snapd pulseaudio restrictions
CVE-2020-16123
Description
An Ubuntu-specific patch in PulseAudio created a race condition where the snap policy module would fail to identify a client connection from a snap as coming from a snap if SCM_CREDENTIALS were missing, allowing the snap to connect to PulseAudio without proper confinement. This could be exploited by an attacker to expose sensitive information. Fixed in 1:13.99.3-1ubuntu2, 1:13.99.2-1ubuntu2.1, 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8, 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.11, and 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15.
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Affected products
2- Canonical/pulseaudiov5Range: 1:13.99.3-1
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References
2- launchpad.net/bugs/1895928mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- ubuntu.com/USN-4640-1mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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