CVE-2020-5253

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5253
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5253.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-5253
Aliases
  • GHSA-2c7p-3fj4-223m
Related
Published
2020-03-10T17:15:12Z
Modified
2024-10-12T06:36:53.653975Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

NetHack 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/nethack/nethack

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nethack/nethack
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

Other

MOVE2GIT

NetHack-3.*

NetHack-3.6.0_RC01
NetHack-3.6.0_RC02
NetHack-3.6.0_RC03
NetHack-3.6.0_RC04