SecurityvulnsSECURITYVULNS:DOC:17614[ GLSA 200707-10 ] Festival: Privilege elevation
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
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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