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Debian dla-4035 : flightgear - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 214788

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4035 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4035-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Dr. Tobias Quathamer January 29, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : flightgear Version : 1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2025-0781

 A security vulnerability has been discovered in flightgear, a flight simulator.

 An attacker can bypass the sandboxing of Nasal scripts and arbitrarily write to any file path that the user has permission to modify at the operating-system level.

 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your flightgear packages.

 For the detailed security status of flightgear please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/flightgear

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the flightgear packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/flightgear

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-0781

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/flightgear

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214788

File Name: debian_DLA-4035.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2025

Updated: 1/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0781

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:flightgear, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0781