Ubuntu modifications to pulseaudio to provide snap security enforcement could be unloaded
CVE-2020-11931
3.3LOW
What is CVE-2020-11931?
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 Version(s)
pulseaudio 1:8.0 < 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12
pulseaudio 1:11.1 < 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7
pulseaudio 1:13.0 < 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2