| 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 | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| 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