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SuSE 10 Security Update : festival (ZYPP Patch Number 4378)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 29424

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

The festival daemon runs as root. The default config doesn't have a password set. A local attacker could therefore connect to the daemon to have commands executed as root. (CVE-2007-4074)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 4378.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4074.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 29424

File Name: suse_festival-4378.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4074

CWE: 16