CVE catalog

CVE-2007-4074

festival: CVE-2007-4074

Severity: Medium
Published: Jul 30, 2007, 5:30:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 5.43% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	festival	sid	`1:2.5.0-13`	fixed
Debian	festival	forky	`1:2.5.0-13`	fixed
Debian	festival	trixie	`1:2.5.0-11`	fixed
Debian	festival	bookworm	`1:2.5.0-9`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	festival	source	sid	`1.96~beta-6`	low	Not reported	[435445]
Debian	festival	source	forky	`1.96~beta-6`	low	Not reported	[435445]
Debian	festival	source	trixie	`1.96~beta-6`	low	Not reported	[435445]
Debian	festival	source	bookworm	`1.96~beta-6`	low	Not reported	[435445]

[Debian bug #435445]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[festival]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1:2.5.0-9 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · bookworm; dsa · festival · debian · 12
- 1:2.5.0-9 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · bookworm; dsa · festival · debian · 12
[festival-dev]Fixed
Source package: [festival]
Details (2)
- 1:2.5.0-9 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · bookworm; dsa · festival · debian · 12
- 1:2.5.0-9 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · bookworm; dsa · festival · debian · 12
[festival-doc]Fixed
Source package: [festival]
Details (2)
- 1:2.5.0-9 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · bookworm; dsa · festival · debian · 12
- 1:2.5.0-9 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · bookworm; dsa · festival · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[festival]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1:2.5.0-11 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · 13
- 1:2.5.0-11 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · 13
[festival-dev]Fixed
Source package: [festival]
Details (2)
- 1:2.5.0-11 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · 13
- 1:2.5.0-11 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · 13
[festival-doc]Fixed
Source package: [festival]
Details (2)
- 1:2.5.0-11 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · 13
- 1:2.5.0-11 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.96~beta-6
  dsa · festival · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:03:42 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]