| Name | CVE-2020-5254 |
| Description | In NetHack before 3.6.6, some out-of-bound values for the hilite_status option can be exploited. NetHack 3.6.6 resolves this issue. |
| 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 | 953978 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nethack (PTS) | jessie | 3.4.3-15 | fixed |
| stretch | 3.6.0-4 | fixed |
| 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 | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| nethack | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| nethack | source | (unstable) | 3.6.6-1 | | | 953978 |
Notes
[buster] - nethack <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - nethack <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 3.6.1)
[jessie] - nethack <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 3.6.1)
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2ch6-6r8h-m2p9
https://nethack.org/security/CVE-2020-5254.html
Fixed with: https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/abdd3254ae06dd1fbcff637c4c631783d5ed9741 (NetHack-3.6.6_Released)
Introduced with: https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f8211f69f2008609b59fe4c9ba341ff1fa520825 (NetHack-3.6.1_RC01)