CVE-2001-0956 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on systems running speechd with Festival or rsynth via shell metacharacters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0956?
CVE-2001-0956 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0956?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Speechio Speechd.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0956?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2001-0956 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0956 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67cw-4jhh-3jm7.