NetHack Call command buffer overflow
Summary
NetHack Call command buffer overflow
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-24809 nethack
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24809 nethack
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web nethack.org