CVE-2019-19905

moderate-risk
Published 2019-12-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: cf9e92677a18d1bc66c040068b2e666c651c7522, f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47, f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Nethack

Affected Vendors

Nethack

References (10)

Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/947005
Patch https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b...
Patch https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef2...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5
Vendor Advisory https://nethack.org/security/
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/947005
Patch https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b...
Patch https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef2...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5
Vendor Advisory https://nethack.org/security/
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal