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Mangelnde Rechteprüfung in Festival |
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200707-10 |
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Gentoo |
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Mi, 25. Juli 2007, 23:35 |
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Severity: High Title: Festival: Privilege elevation Date: July 25, 2007 Bugs: #170477 ID: 200707-10
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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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