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From: Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201312-06 ] Festival: Arbitrary code execution
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 06:25:41
Message-Id: 52A561C0.4010104@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201312-06
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Festival: Arbitrary code execution
9 Date: December 09, 2013
10 Bugs: #386319
11 ID: 201312-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Festival could result in arbitrary code execution,
19 and privilege escalation.
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21 Background
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24 Festival is a Text to Speech Engine from The Centre for Speech
25 Technology Research.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-accessibility/festival
34 < 2.1 >= 2.1
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36 Description
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39 A vulnerability in Festival Server has an incorrect path in
40 LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to place a Trojan horse
41 shared library in the current working directory.
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43 Impact
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46 A local attacker can execute arbitrary a Trojan horse shared library,
47 potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution and privilege
48 escalation.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-accessibility/festival-2.1"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-3996
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3996
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-06.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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