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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7211-1
January 16, 2025

audacity vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Audacity could expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- audacity: fast, cross-platform audio editor

Details:

Mike Salvatore discovered that Audacity incorrectly handled default
permissions of temporary files created by the application. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  audacity                        2.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  audacity                        2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  audacity                        2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7211-1
  CVE-2020-11867