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| author |   Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200707-10.xml b/glsa-200707-10.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4a2b1e41 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200707-10.xml @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200707-10"> + <title>Festival: Privilege elevation</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability has been discovered in Festival, allowing for a local + privilege escalation. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">festival</product> + <announced>July 25, 2007</announced> + <revised>July 25, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>170477</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-accessibility/festival" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.95_beta-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.95_beta-r4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Festival is a text-to-speech accessibility program. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A local attacker could gain root privileges by connecting to the daemon + and execute arbitrary commands. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Set a password in the configuration file /etc/festival/server.scm by + adding the line: (set! server_passwd password) + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-accessibility/festival-1.95_beta-r4"</code> + </resolution> + <references/> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:41:45 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:25:25 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |