CVE-2016-9956

HIGH

Debian Linux < 2016.4.3 - Improper Access Control

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742
Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0324
EPSS Percentile 86.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 24
fedoraproject/fedora 25
flightgear/flightgear < 2016.4.3
Published Feb 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026