Source: flightgear Version: 1:2016.4.4+dfsg-2 Severity: grave Tags: upstream patch security Control: found -1 3.0.0-5
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for flightgear. CVE-2017-8921[0]: | In FlightGear before 2017.2.1, the FGCommand interface allows | overwriting any file the user has write access to, but not with | arbitrary data: only with the contents of a FlightGear flightplan | (XML). A resource such as a malicious third-party aircraft could | exploit this to damage files belonging to the user. Both this issue and | CVE-2016-9956 are directory traversal vulnerabilities in | Autopilot/route_mgr.cxx - this one exists because of an incomplete fix | for CVE-2016-9956. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8921 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8921 Regards, Salvatore