Ubuntu: USN-4588-1 (CVE-2016-9956): FlightGear vulnerability
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
12/20/2016
10/23/2020
10/22/2020
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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