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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201606-16
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: PLIB: Buffer overflow vulnerability
     Date: June 26, 2016
     Bugs: #395553
       ID: 201606-16

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

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PLIB users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-4620
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4620

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16

Concerns?
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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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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5