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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201603-12 ] FlightGear, SimGear: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 13 March 2016
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201603-12
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: FlightGear, SimGear: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 12, 2016
Bugs: #426502, #468106
ID: 201603-12

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Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FlightGear and SimGear
allowing remote attackers to cause Denial of Service and possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Background
==========
FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator. It supports a variety
of popular platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and is developed by
skilled volunteers from around the world. Source code for the entire
project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

SimGear is a set of open-source libraries designed to be used as
building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and
visualization applications.

Affected packages
=================
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 games-simulation/flightgear
< 3.4.0 >= 3.4.0
2 games-simulation/simgear
< 3.4.0 >= 3.4.0
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2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear and SimGear 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.

Impact
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Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial
of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Flightgear users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=games-simulation/flightgear-3.4.0"

All Simgear users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-simulation/simgear-3.4.0"=

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2090
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2090
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-2091
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2091

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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