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Gentoo: GLSA-202201-18 Normal: PCUDA User-Facilitated Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Maintainers Recommend Updating PLIB Following Potential Vulnerability Linked To Arbitrary Code Execution.
A vulnerability in PLIB may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow within the error function of ssg/ssgParser.cxx was discovered in PLIB.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code remote code normal severity user-assisted execution PLIB

Resolution

All PLIB users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/plib-1.8.5-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4552 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4552

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-13
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: PLIB: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: March 26, 2018
Bugs: #440762
ID: 201803-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code remote code normal severity user-assisted execution PLIB

Synopsis

A vulnerability in PLIB may 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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/plib < 1.8.5-r1 >= 1.8.5-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted 3d model file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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