GLSA-200707-10 : Festival: Privilege elevation

high Nessus Plugin ID 25792

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200707-10 (Festival: Privilege elevation)

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.
Impact :

A local attacker could gain root privileges by connecting to the daemon and execute arbitrary commands.
Workaround :

Set a password in the configuration file /etc/festival/server.scm by adding the line: (set! server_passwd password)

Solution

All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-accessibility/festival-1.95_beta-r4'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25792

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200707-10.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/27/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:festival, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2007

Reference Information

GLSA: 200707-10

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