Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://secunia.com/advisories/47297/
http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ba51c2f7-5b43-11e1-8288-00262d5ed8ee.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
torcs
plib
CVE-2011-4620
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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-4620 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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