Candidate: CVE-2020-5212
PublicDate: 2020-01-28 18:15:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5212
 https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-g89f-m829-4m56
Description:
 In NetHack before 3.6.5, an extremely long value for the MENUCOLOR
 configuration file option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash
 or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects
 systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared systems that allow
 users to upload their own configuration files. Users should upgrade to
 NetHack 3.6.5.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 msalvatore> Nethack is installed sgid games, but not suid or sgid root.
Mitigation:
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [9.8 CRITICAL]


Patches_nethack:
upstream_nethack: released (3.6.5)
precise/esm_nethack: DNE
trusty_nethack: ignored (out of standard support)
trusty/esm_nethack: DNE
xenial_nethack: not-affected (code not present)
bionic_nethack: needed
eoan_nethack: ignored (reached end-of-life)
focal_nethack: needed
groovy_nethack: not-affected (3.6.6-1)
hirsute_nethack: not-affected (3.6.6-1)
impish_nethack: not-affected (3.6.6-1)
jammy_nethack: not-affected (3.6.6-1)
devel_nethack: not-affected (3.6.6-1)