CSTR festival up to 2.0.95 LD_LIBRARY_PATH Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CSTR festival up to 2.0.95. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function in the library LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3996. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in CSTR festival up to 2.0.95. This affects an unknown function in the library LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

festival_server in Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival, probably 2.0.95-beta and earlier, places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

The weakness was published 11/05/2010 as Bug 642507 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.novell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3996 since 10/19/2010. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71258 (GLSA-201312-06 : Festival: Arbitrary code execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165196 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:020)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (71258), SecurityFocus (BID 44395†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28004†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4148, VDB-50944, VDB-50937 and VDB-54942. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 71258
Nessus Name: GLSA-201312-06 : Festival: Arbitrary code execution
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10/19/2010 🔍
10/25/2010 +6 days 🔍
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11/02/2010 +8 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +465 days 🔍
09/28/2021 +2385 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 642507
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3996 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55335
SecurityFocus: 44395 - Festival Server 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 28004 - Festival Server LD_LIBRARY_PATH Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/28/2021 13:11
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (57), 04/03/2017 18:10 (10), 09/28/2021 13:11 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:B1E:103

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