Gentoo: GLSA-201312-06: Festival: Arbitrary code execution
Summary
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.
Resolution
All Festival users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-accessibility/festival-2.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3996 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3996
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201312-06
Concerns
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.
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Synopsis
A vulnerability in Festival could result in arbitrary code execution, and privilege escalation.
Background
Festival is a Text to Speech Engine from The Centre for Speech Technology Research.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-accessibility/festival < 2.1 >= 2.1
Impact
===== A local attacker can execute arbitrary a Trojan horse shared library, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.