Buffer Overflow Affecting nethack package, versions <3.6.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-NETHACK-5690237
  • published18 Feb 2023
  • disclosed17 Feb 2023

Introduced: 17 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-24809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 nethack to version 3.6.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nethack package and not the nethack package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1