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Unscored CVE-2017-8921 EUVD-2017-17861GHSA-cm86-qqq5-r5v2

In FlightGear before 2017.2.1, the FGCommand interface allows overwriting any file the user has write access to, but not with arbitrary dat…

Published May 12, 2017 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 flightgear 1:2016.4.4+dfsg-3 —
Debian 12 flightgear 1:2016.4.4+dfsg-3 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS flightgear No fix yet —

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