Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting audacity package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-AUDACITY-1048035
  • published3 Dec 2020
  • disclosed30 Nov 2020

Introduced: 30 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-11867  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.10 audacity.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream audacity package and not the audacity package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default. After Audacity creates the temporary directory, it sets its permissions to 755. Any user on the system can read and play the temporary audio .au files located there.

CVSS Base Scores

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