USN-4588-1: FlightGear vulnerability
Publication date
19 October 2020
Overview
FlightGear could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- flightgear - Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Details
It was discovered that FlightGear could write arbitrary files if received a
special nasal script. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted
file to execute arbitrary code.
It was discovered that FlightGear could write arbitrary files if received a
special nasal script. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted
file to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | flightgear – 3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1 | ||
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