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CVE-2020-16123

Published: Dec 3, 2020

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.4

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Canonical

pulseaudio

affected
1:13.99.3-1 - < 1:13.99.3-1ubuntu2
affected
1:13.99.2-1 - < 1:13.99.2-1ubuntu2.1
affected
1:13.99.1-1 - < 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8
affected
1:11.1-1 - < 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.11
affected
1:8.0-0 - < 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1895928
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4640-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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