[ GLSA 200707-10 ] Festival: Privilege elevation
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:30:54 +0200
From: Raphael Marichez <falco@gentoo.org.>
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Subject: [ GLSA 200707-10 ] Festival: Privilege elevation
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Festival: Privilege elevation
Date: July 25, 2007
Bugs: #170477
ID: 200707-10
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Festival, allowing for a local
privilege escalation.
Background
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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
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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
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A local attacker could gain root privileges by connecting to the daemon
and execute arbitrary commands.
Workaround
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Set a password in the configuration file /etc/festival/server.scm by
adding the line: (set! server_passwd password)
Resolution
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All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-accessibility/festival-1.95_beta-r4"
Availability
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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?
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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
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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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