The default configuration of Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival 1.95 beta (aka 2.0 beta) on Gentoo Linux, SUSE Linux, and possibly other distributions, is run locally with elevated privileges without requiring authentication, which allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the local daemon on port 1314, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0956
Published Jul 30, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.43%
Description
The default configuration of Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival 1.95 beta (aka 2.0 beta) on Gentoo Linux, SUSE Linux, and possibly other distributions, is run locally with elevated privileges without requiring authentication, which allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the local daemon on port 1314, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0956. NOTE: this issue is local in some environments, but remote on others.
Affected products
No data.
- festival_1.95_beta
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.43% (0.05427) | 92.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.43% (0.05427) | 91.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.41% (0.01413) | 78.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.73% (0.02733) | 76.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.41% (0.01413) | 79.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.49% (0.02492) | 90.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 2.67% (0.02670) | 90.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 2.13% (0.02126) | 89.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 18, 2024 | 1.61% (0.01614) | 87.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 1, 2024 | 1.56% (0.01557) | 85.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 1.38% (0.01384) | 84.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01280) | 83.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170477 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26229 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490465/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25069 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35606 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170477 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26229 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490465/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25069 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35606 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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