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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:22:29 -0500
From: Andrés Gómez Ramírez <andresgomezram7@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request: PLIB 1.8.5 ssg/ssgParser.cxx Buffer Overflow

PLIB is no longer being maintained:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28580157

I sent a couple of bugs several months ago, but there wasn't any response
from plib developers, so I decided to make them public.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Vincent Danen <vdanen@...hat.com> wrote:

> * [2012-10-29 14:02:58 -0500] Andr?s G?mez Ram?rez wrote:
>
>  Sorry for the previous message, it was not intentional :)
>>
>> Hi, Could a CVE be assigned to this issue?
>>
>> Name: PLIB 1.8.5 ssg/ssgParser.cxx Buffer Overflow
>> Software: PLIB 1.8.5
>> Software link: http://plib.sourceforge.net/
>> Vulnerability Type: Stack Based Buffer overflow
>> References: http://www.exploit-db.com/**exploits/21831/<http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21831/>
>>                   http://www.securityfocus.com/**bid/55839<http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55839>
>>
>> Vulnerability Details: Plib is prone to stack based Buffer overflow in the
>> error function in ssg/ssgParser.cxx when it loads 3d model files as X
>> (Direct x), ASC, ASE, ATG, and OFF, if a very long error message is passed
>> to the function, in line 68:
>>
>>
>> // Output an error
>> void _ssgParser::error( const char *format, ... )
>> {
>>  char msgbuff[ 255 ];
>>  va_list argp;
>>
>>  char* msgptr = msgbuff;
>>  if (linenum)
>>  {
>>    msgptr += sprintf ( msgptr,"%s, line %d: ",
>>      path, linenum );
>>  }
>>
>>  va_start( argp, format );
>> 68        vsprintf( msgptr, format, argp );
>>  va_end( argp );
>>
>>  ulSetError ( UL_WARNING, "%s", msgbuff ) ;
>> }
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
> Andreas, was this reported to upstream?  I can't see a patch or anything
> in their bug tracker regarding this.
>
> --
> Vincent Danen / Red Hat Security Response Team

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