UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5253

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5253
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5253.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5253
Upstream
Published
2020-03-10T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:17Z
Severity
  • 3.9 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nethack@3.4.3-15build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.3-15
3.4.3-15build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nethack-common",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nethack-console",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nethack-lisp",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nethack-x11",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-15build1"
        }
    ]
}