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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 |
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Title: FlightGear, SimGear: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: March 12, 2016 |
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Bugs: #426502, #468106 |
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ID: 201603-12 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FlightGear and SimGear |
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allowing remote attackers to cause Denial of Service and possibly |
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execute arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator. It supports a variety |
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of popular platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and is developed by |
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skilled volunteers from around the world. Source code for the entire |
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project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License. |
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SimGear is a set of open-source libraries designed to be used as |
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building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and |
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visualization applications. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 games-simulation/flightgear |
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< 3.4.0 >= 3.4.0 |
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2 games-simulation/simgear |
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< 3.4.0 >= 3.4.0 |
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2 affected packages |
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Description |
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Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear and SimGear allow |
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user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and |
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possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in certain |
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data chunk values in an aircraft xml model. |
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Impact |
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Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial |
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of Service. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Flightgear users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=games-simulation/flightgear-3.4.0" |
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All Simgear users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-simulation/simgear-3.4.0" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2090 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2090 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2012-2091 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2091 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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