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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS SimGear Important Exec Risk USN-7965-1 CVE-2025-0781

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A SimGear vulnerability allows potential code execution via crafted files, requiring a security update for Ubuntu systems.
SimGear could be made to run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

SimGear could be made to run programs as an administrator if it opened a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- simgear: set of open-source libraries for assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualizations

Details:

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Ubuntu important sandbox bypass SimGear

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libsimgear-dev                  1:2020.3.18+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libsimgear-dev                  1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libsimgear-dev                  1:2019.1.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libsimgear-dev                  1:2018.1.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libsimgear-dev                  3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libsimgearcore3.4.0v5           3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libsimgearscene3.4.0v5          3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7965-1

CVE-2025-0781

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7965-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Ubuntu important sandbox bypass SimGear

Package Information

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