Multiple buffer overflows in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear 2.6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long string in a rotor tag of an aircraft xml model to the Rotor::getValueforFGSet function in src/FDM/YASim/Rotor.cpp or (2) a crafted UDP packet to the SGSocketUDP::read function in simgear/simgear/simgear/io/sg_socket_udp.cxx.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48780 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html | vendor advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13 | mailing list |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html | vendor advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 | vendor advisory |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174 | mailing list |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html | vendor advisory |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051 | mailing list |