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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201312-06 ] Festival: Arbitrary code execution

Posted on 09 December 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201312-06
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Festival: Arbitrary code execution
Date: December 09, 2013
Bugs: #386319
ID: 201312-06

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Festival could result in arbitrary code execution,
and privilege escalation.

Background
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Festival is a Text to Speech Engine from The Centre for Speech
Technology Research.

Affected packages
=================
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-accessibility/festival
< 2.1 >= 2.1

Description
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A vulnerability in Festival Server has an incorrect path in
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to place a Trojan horse
shared library in the current working directory.

Impact
======
A local attacker can execute arbitrary a Trojan horse shared library,
potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution and privilege
escalation.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-accessibility/festival-2.1"=

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3996
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3996

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-06.xml

Concerns?
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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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 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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