{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11867","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:48:42.119653Z","published":"2020-11-30T22:15:00Z","related":["USN-7211-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-11867"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11867"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://salvatoresecurity.com/the-many-perils-of-tmp/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11867"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7211-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"audacity","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/audacity@2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.0.6-2build1","2.0.6-2build2","2.1.2~rc2-1","2.1.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"audacity","binary_version":"2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"audacity-data","binary_version":"2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11867.json"}},{"package":{"name":"audacity","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/audacity@2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.1.2-2","2.2.0-1build1","2.2.0-2","2.2.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"audacity","binary_version":"2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"audacity-data","binary_version":"2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11867.json"}},{"package":{"name":"audacity","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/audacity@2.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.3.2-2","2.3.3-1","2.3.3-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"audacity"},{"binary_name":"audacity-data","binary_version":"2.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11867.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}