ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-24809
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809
Upstream
Published
2023-02-17T20:15:12Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:32:58Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.18
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"
Alpine:v3.19
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"
Alpine:v3.20
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"
Alpine:v3.21
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"
Alpine:v3.22
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"
Alpine:v3.23
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"
Alpine:v3.24
nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.6.2
Fixed
3.6.7-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-24809.json"