Bug 795357 (CVE-2012-1189) - CVE-2012-1189 torcs: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted audio file name in "engine sample" attribute
Summary: CVE-2012-1189 torcs: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-craf...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2012-1189
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 795361
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-02-20 10:23 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-03-22 01:51:52 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-20 10:23:35 UTC
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way TORCS, the Open Racing Car Simulator, performed sound initialization. If a local, unsuspecting user was tricked into opening a specially-crafted audio file name via "engine sample" XML configuration file attribute, it could lead to 'torcs' executable crash, or, potentially arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running torcs.

References:
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/18/2
    (OSS mailing post with further details)
[2] http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471/
    (MS Windows XP Service Pack 3 exploit)
[3] http://torcs.sourceforge.net/
    (upstream page, version v1.3.3 is listed as latest)

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-20 10:29:40 UTC
This issue affects the versions of the torcs package, as shipped with Fedora release of 15 and 16. Please schedule an update.

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-20 10:31:15 UTC
Created torcs tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 795361]

Comment 5 Vincent Danen 2018-03-22 01:51:52 UTC
Fixed in 1.3.3, current version in Fedora is 1.3.7.


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