CVE-2020-11867

NameCVE-2020-11867
DescriptionAudacity 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs976874

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
audacity (PTS)bullseye2.4.2~dfsg0-5fixed
bookworm3.2.4+dfsg-1fixed
trixie3.6.4+dfsg-1fixed
sid3.7.0+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
audacitysource(unstable)2.4.2~dfsg0-4976874

Notes

[buster] - audacity <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - audacity <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/700

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