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.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51340 | third party advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47297 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/ | third party advisory exploit |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://osvdb.org/77973 | vdb entry |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2 | mailing list |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |