Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-11867 (CCN-192505)

Assigned:2020-06-26
Published:2020-06-26
Updated:2022-01-01
Summary: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 v3 Severity:3.3 Low (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
2.9 Low (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-276
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-11867

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
audacity-cve202011867-info-disc(192505)

Source: CCN
Type: Audacity GIT Repository
Audacity 2.4.2

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-1a043ee3d2

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-8aaccdbb5f

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://salvatoresecurity.com/the-many-perils-of-tmp/

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-11867

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:audacityteam:audacity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.3.3)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:audacityteam:audacity:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93566
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-06-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100279
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-01-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103092
    P
    		Security update for audacity (Moderate)
    2020-12-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110372
    P
    		Security update for audacity (Moderate)
    2020-12-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110919
    P
    		Security update for audacity (Moderate)
    2020-12-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96402
    P
    		Security update for audacity (Moderate)
    2020-12-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109749
    P
    		Security update for audacity (Moderate)
    2020-12-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11031
    P
    		Security update for audacity (Moderate)
    2020-12-15
    BACK
    audacityteam audacity *
    fedoraproject fedora 33
    fedoraproject fedora 34
    audacityteam audacity 2.3.3