CVE-2020-11931 — Improper Access Control in Pulseaudio
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 15
Latest updateMay 24
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;
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-m777-7jfr-8wgh: An Ubuntu-specific modification to Pulseaudio to provide security mediation for Snap-packaged applications was found to have a bypass of intended acce↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
Ubuntu modifications to pulseaudio to provide snap security enforcement could be unloaded↗2020-05-15
OSV▶
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 acce↗2020-04-16