GLSA 201606-16: PLIB: Buffer overflow vulnerability

Severity:normal
Title:PLIB: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date:06/26/2016
Bugs: #395553
ID:201606-16

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in PLIB might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

PLIB includes sound effects, music, a complete 3D engine, font rendering, a simple Windowing library, a game scripting language, a GUI, networking, 3D math library and a collection of handy utility functions.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-libs/plib < 1.8.5-r1 >= 1.8.5-r1 All supported architectures

Description

A buffer overflow in PLIB allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS.

Impact

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PLIB users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot ">=media-libs/plib-1.8.5-r1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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