UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19905

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19905

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19905.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19905

Related

CVE-2019-19905

Published

2019-12-19T18:15:00Z

Modified

2025-06-03T17:33:48Z

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 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nethack

Package

Name: nethack
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nethack@3.6.0-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.0-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / nethack

Package

Name: nethack
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nethack@3.6.1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}