MGASA-2013-0164

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    MGASA-2013-0164

    Published: 6 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated flightgear package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: It was reported that FlightGear suffers from improper handling of format strings when FlightGear is started with allowances for remote access (via the --props or --telnet commandline arguments). If a remote attacker were able to connect to FlightGear and set special parameters related with clouds, it could cause FlightGear to crash.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0164.html, http://kuronosec.blogspot.ca/2013/04/flightgear-remote-format-string.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106922.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10351

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flightgear

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/flightgear?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.0-2.3.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High