CVE-2020-5253

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5253
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-10 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-20 14:48:00 UTC
DescriptionNetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nethack Nethack All All All All
Application Nethack Nethack All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetHack 3.4.3 privilege escalation · Advisory · NetHack/NetHack · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Commits · NetHack/NetHack · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180738 Debian Security Update for nethack (CVE-2020-5253)

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