Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear 2.6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in certain data chunk values in an aircraft xml model to (1) fgfs/flightgear/src/Cockpit/panel.cxx or (2) fgfs/flightgear/src/Network/generic.cxx, or (3) a scene graph model to simgear/simgear/scene/model/SGText.cxx.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051
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