CVE-2019-19905

Name	CVE-2019-19905
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	947005

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nethack (PTS)	jessie	3.4.3-15	vulnerable
	stretch	3.6.0-4	vulnerable
	buster	3.6.1-1	vulnerable
	bullseye	3.6.6-2	fixed
	bookworm	3.6.6-3	fixed
	sid, trixie	3.6.7-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
nethack	source	(unstable)	3.6.6-1	unimportant		947005

Notes

https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47
Negligible security impact