PT-2012-3800 · Simgear+1 · Simgear+1

Andres Gomez · Published 2012-06-17 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2090

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FlightGear versions 2.6 and earlier SimGear versions 2.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in certain data chunk values in an aircraft xml model. This affects files such as fgfs/flightgear/src/Cockpit/panel.cxx, fgfs/flightgear/src/Network/generic.cxx, or simgear/simgear/scene/model/SGText.cxx in scene graph models.

Recommendations For FlightGear versions 2.6 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 2.6 to resolve the issue. For SimGear versions 2.6 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 2.6 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of format string specifiers in aircraft xml models to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2090

Affected Products

Flightgear

Simgear

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2090 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2090 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48780 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2090 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2090 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617 · Note