SB2020031070 - Improper Privilege Management in NetHack
Published: March 10, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031070
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5253)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.