CVE-2020-16123
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.
- Affected products
- Linuxmint, Pulseaudio, Ubuntu
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux
- = 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 20.10
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 0.3% (24th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-03
CVE-2020-16123 at NVD
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