PT-2001-2109 · Rsynth+2 · Rsynth+2

Published 2001-09-11 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0956

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions speechd versions 0.54 and earlier

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters when using the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package.

Recommendations For speechd versions 0.54 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, restrict the use of shell metacharacters in the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0956

Affected Products

Festival

Rsynth

Speech

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3326 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21108 · Exploit
• http://speechio.org/speechd.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0956 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7121 · Note