CVE-2020-11931 LOW

CVE-2020-11931: Ubuntu modifications to pulseaudio to provide snap security enforcement could be unloaded

Vendor Canonical
Product pulseaudio
Weakness CWE-284
Published May 15, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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;

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 15, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated