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Ubuntu: USN-4588-1 (CVE-2016-9956): FlightGear vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4588-1 (CVE-2016-9956): FlightGear vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/20/2016
Created
10/23/2020
Added
10/22/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-flightgear

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