Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:44395

Info

Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 44395
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2010-3996
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 25 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 11 2013 11:08AM
Credit: Anonymous
Vulnerable: The Center for Speech Techology Research (CSTR) Festival 0
SuSE openSUSE 11.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Festival Server is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers execute arbitrary code.

A successful exploit can allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.

Exploit / POC

Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit the issue using standard commands.

Solution / Fix

Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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