PT-2014-3437 · Festvocal · Flite

Published 2014-01-26 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2014-0027

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Flite version 1.4

Description The issue allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. This is due to a problem in the play wave from socket function in audio/auserver.c.

Recommendations For Flite version 1.4, consider restricting access to the play wave from socket function in audio/auserver.c to prevent arbitrary file modification via a symlink attack. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the play wave from socket function until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-0027

MGASA-2014-0047

Affected Products

Flite

References · 19

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127776.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0027 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:032 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0027 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0047.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0047 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127776.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0027 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127748.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0027 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/64791 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/10 · Note