CVE-2019-19905

NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from configuration files. This affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid, and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/947005	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47	Patch
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226	Patch
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5	Third Party Advisory
https://nethack.org/security/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-12-19 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:28

NVD link : CVE-2019-19905

Mitre link : CVE-2019-19905

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-19905

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Products Affected

nethack

nethack

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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