Description
The default configuration of Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival 1.95 beta (aka 2.0 beta) on Gentoo Linux, SUSE Linux, and possibly other distributions, is run locally with elevated privileges without requiring authentication, which allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the local daemon on port 1314, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0956. NOTE: this issue is local in some environments, but remote on others.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | festival | 1.96~beta-6 | — |
| Debian 13 | festival | 1.96~beta-6 | — |
| Debian 12 | festival | 1.96~beta-6 | — |
References
- 27271 third-party-advisory
- 20080403 Medium security hole affecting Festival on Debian unstable/testing and Ubuntu Hardy Heron mailing-list
- 25069 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200707-10 vendor-advisory
- 26229 third-party-advisory
- gentoo-festival-privilege-escalation(35606) vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2007:021 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170477