Security Advisory

CVE-2020-5210

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-01-28 17:50:14
Last updated 2024-08-04 08:22:08
Assigner GitHub_M
State PUBLISHED

Description

In NetHack before 3.6.5, an invalid argument to the -w command line 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 influence command line options. Users should upgrade to NetHack 3.6.5.