Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Released for Linux Phones with PulseAudio Security Fixes
This is a surprise release even for me because Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 arrived only three weeks ago, but UBports needed to quickly deliver fixes for two important security issues affecting the PulseAudio audio server in Ubuntu Touch, which could affect the user privacy.
The first issue could allow confined applications to remove the Trust Store permission system module from the PulseAudio server. Because of that, apps could access the phone’s microphone without the user knowing, amongst several other privileged actions.
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UBports Launches Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-7
Only three weeks after the release of OTA-6, Ubuntu Touch, the privacy-first mobile operating system by UBports, has just announced the unscheduled release of OTA-7 for Ubuntu Touch 20.04. The update addresses two critical security vulnerabilities in PulseAudio, the audio server on Ubuntu Touch.
These vulnerabilities pose potential threats to users’ privacy, and, as a result, UBports has opted for an out-of-schedule release to address these concerns quickly and effectively. Specifically, the release addresses two vulnerabilities...