USN-4588-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4588-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4588-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4588-1
Related
Published
2020-10-19T20:46:35.184647Z
Modified
2020-10-19T20:46:35.184647Z
Summary
flightgear vulnerability
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / flightgear

Package

Name
flightgear
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/flightgear@3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0-1build1
3.4.0-2
3.4.0-3
3.4.0-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "flightgear"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "flightgear-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "flightgear-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}