{"id":"MGASA-2013-0164","summary":"Updated flightgear package fixes security vulnerability","details":"It was reported that FlightGear suffers from improper handling of format\nstrings when FlightGear is started with allowances for remote access (via\nthe --props or --telnet commandline arguments).  If a remote attacker were\nable to connect to FlightGear and set special parameters related with clouds,\nit could cause FlightGear to crash.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:28:22.540794Z","published":"2013-06-06T12:24:33Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0164.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://kuronosec.blogspot.ca/2013/04/flightgear-remote-format-string.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106922.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10351"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"flightgear","ecosystem":"Mageia:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/flightgear?arch=source&distro=mageia-2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.0-2.3.mga2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0164.json"}},{"package":{"name":"flightgear","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/flightgear?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.0-1.3.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0164.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}