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[ GLSA 200707-10 ] Festival: Privilege elevation
From: Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:30:54 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Festival: Privilege elevation Date: July 25, 2007 Bugs: #170477 ID: 200707-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability has been discovered in Festival, allowing for a local privilege escalation. Background ========== Festival is a text-to-speech accessibility program. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-accessibility/festival < 1.95_beta-r4 >= 1.95_beta-r4 Description =========== Konstantine Shirow reported a vulnerability in default Gentoo configurations of Festival. The daemon is configured to run with root privileges and to listen on localhost, without requiring a password. Impact ====== A local attacker could gain root privileges by connecting to the daemon and execute arbitrary commands. Workaround ========== Set a password in the configuration file /etc/festival/server.scm by adding the line: (set! server_passwd password) Resolution ========== All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-accessibility/festival-1.95_beta-r4" Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-10.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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