MGASA-2021-0001

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    MGASA-2021-0001

    Published: 2 Jan 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-11867

    Summary: Updated audacity package fixes security vulnerability

    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 (CVE-2020-11867).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0001.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27850, https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MIO5YFJW5KODA2NDQAAMKAOM57Z2ZM4W/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: audacity

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/audacity?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.1-1.2.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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