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