PT-2003-1561 · Nethack · Nethack

Published 2003-06-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2003-0359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: nethack versions 3.4.0 and earlier

Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges by replacing original binaries with malicious code due to insecure permissions of certain setgid binaries installed by nethack.

Recommendations: For versions 3.4.0 and earlier, update the permissions of the setgid binaries to secure them, preventing local users from replacing the original binaries with malicious code.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0359

DSA-316

Affected Products

Nethack

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0359 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0359 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316 · Vendor Advisory