{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9956","details":"The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:37:06.667318Z","published":"2017-02-22T16:59:00Z","related":["USN-4588-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-9956"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9956"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4588-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9956"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"flightgear","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/flightgear@3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["3.4.0-1build1","3.4.0-2","3.4.0-3","3.4.0-3ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"flightgear","binary_version":"3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9956.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}