Bug 20939 - flightgear security vulnerability (CVE-2017-8921)
Summary: flightgear security vulnerability (CVE-2017-8921)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 20852
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
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Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2017-05-25 22:07 CEST by Zombie Ryushu
Modified: 2017-05-28 15:55 CEST (History)
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Description Zombie Ryushu 2017-05-25 22:07:59 CEST 
This updates fixes a security bug in the route manager, to prevent it from
overwriting arbitrary files (CVE-2017-8921)
Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2017-05-28 06:59:30 CEST 
Thanks for the bug report.
This particular issue has already been reported in our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.
In general it is welcome to search for existing reports first to avoid filing duplicates.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 20852 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 2 José Jorge 2017-05-28 15:55:04 CEST 
While we already had a patched 2017.1.3 version, I am pushing flightgear 2017.2.1 to cauldron which brings without patch the needed fix.

CC: (none) => lists.jjorge
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