PLIB: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — GLSA 201803-13

A vulnerability in PLIB may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

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.

Description

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

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.

Resolution

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

References

• CVE-2012-4552

Release date
March 26, 2018

Latest revision
March 26, 2018: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 440762