PT-2019-15998 · Nethack · Nethack

Reiner Herrmann · Published 2019-12-19 · Updated 2021-02-10 · CVE-2019-19905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetHack versions 3.6.x through 3.6.3

Description The issue arises from a buffer overflow when reading very long lines from configuration files. This affects systems with NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared systems where users can upload their own configuration files.

Recommendations For versions 3.6.x through 3.6.3, update to version 3.6.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-19905

GHSA-3CM7-RGH5-9PQ5

MGASA-2021-0077

Affected Products

Nethack

References · 28

• https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226 · Patch
• https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47 · Patch
• https://bugs.debian.org/947005 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19905 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19905 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0077.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nethack.org/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5 · Note
• https://nethack.org/v362/release.html · Note