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.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7965-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that SimGear could be made to bypass the sandboxing of Nasal scripts. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-725bba93b2 advisory.

    Fix CVE-2025-0781


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

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-b3322818a5 advisory.

    Fix for CVE-2025-0781


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

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

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                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                 Dr. Tobias Quathamer     January 29, 2025                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4034 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4034-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                 Dr. Tobias Quathamer     January 29, 2025                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : simgear     Version        : 1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-0781

    A security vulnerability has been discovered in simgear, a collection of     libraries for constructing simulation and visualization applications     such as FlightGear.

    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 simgear packages.

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

    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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
294781	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : SimGear vulnerability (USN-7965-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
215077	Fedora 40 : FlightGear / SimGear (2025-725bba93b2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
215055	Fedora 41 : FlightGear / SimGear (2025-b3322818a5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
214788	Debian dla-4035 : flightgear - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
214778	Debian dla-4034 : libsimgear-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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