CVE-2019-19905
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2019-19905 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-12-19 18:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-12-27 18:00:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-120
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetHack 3.6.5: Security Issues | MISC | nethack.org | Vendor Advisory |
| parse_conf_file fix fix · NetHack/NetHack@f001de7 · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Patch |
| NetHack: Privilege escalation/remote code execution/crash in configuration parsing · Advisory · NetHack/NetHack · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Third Party Advisory |
| #947005 - nethack: CVE-2019-19905: buffer overflow when parsing config files - Debian Bug report logs | MISC | bugs.debian.org | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| fix potential buffer overflow loading config file · NetHack/NetHack@f4a840a · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.