Improper Input Validation Affecting flightgear package, versions <3.0.0-5+deb8u3
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- published27 Aug 2017
- disclosed27 Aug 2017
Introduced: 27 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-13709 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 flightgear to version 3.0.0-5+deb8u3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flightgear package and not the flightgear package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13709
- https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/2a5e3d06b2c0d9f831063afe7e7260bca456d679/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/c7a2aef59979af3e9ff22daabb37bdaadb91cd75/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-13709