Description
An attacker can bypass the sandboxing of Nasal scripts and arbitrarily write to any file path that the user has permission to modify at the operating-system level.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FlightGear | SimGear | ≤ 2020.3.19 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | simgear | 1:2020.3.19+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | simgear +1 | 1:2020.3.19+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | simgear +1 | 1:2020.3.16+dfsg-1+deb12u1 | — |
| Debian 11 | simgear +1 | 1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | DLA-4035-1, DLA-4034-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | flightgear | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | flightgear | No fix yet | — |
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | simgear | 1:2020.3.18+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | simgear | 1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | simgear | 1:2019.1.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | simgear | 1:2018.1.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | simgear | 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | — |
Advisories 2
- DLA-4034-1 simgear - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DLA-4035-1 flightgear - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026