PT-2017-10394 · Flightgear+2 · Flightgear+2

Florent Rougon + 1 · Published 2016-12-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-9956

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FlightGear versions prior to 2016.4.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script, which is related to the route manager in FlightGear.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016.4.4, update to version 2016.4.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1974

CVE-2016-9956

DSA-3742-1

MGASA-2017-0011

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10595-1

USN-4588-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flightgear

Ubuntu

References · 26

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9956 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9956 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9956 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9956 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9956 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10595-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9956 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9956 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG · Vendor Advisory