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plib: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):plib CVE #(s):CVE-2011-4620
Created:January 16, 2012 Updated:March 5, 2012
Description: From the CVE entry:

Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, 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. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2012-0100 2012-01-05
Fedora FEDORA-2012-0144 2012-01-05
Debian DSA-2425-1 2012-03-04
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1506-1 2012-11-20
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0146-1 2013-01-23
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