low3.3
CVE-2020-11867
Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default.
Impact
Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Audacityteam | Audacity | through 2.3.3 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 33, 34 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MG5PSF4CJ7UPMJHWX553EG3P2XN3PAYI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKK3S2QBXBHOFOQMXMGY5QAKVUWUX2YY/
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/the-many-perils-of-tmp/
- https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MG5PSF4CJ7UPMJHWX553EG3P2XN3PAYI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKK3S2QBXBHOFOQMXMGY5QAKVUWUX2YY/
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/the-many-perils-of-tmp/