FKIE_CVE-2016-9956

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-22 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/
security@debian.orghttps://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject fedora 24
fedoraproject fedora 25
flightgear flightgear *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:56:49.970",
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