CVE-2007-4074

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.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.41% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490465/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25069 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-10.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26229 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35606 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170477

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4074?
CVE-2007-4074 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4074?
To fix CVE-2007-4074, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4074 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4074 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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