SB2014012603 - Link following in www.speech.cs.cmu.edu flite
Published: January 26, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014012603
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0027)
CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127748.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127776.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/59
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:032
- http://www.osvdb.org/101948
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64791
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048678