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Vigil@nce - NetHack: buffer overflow via Configuration File
March 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, user access/rights, denial of service on service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/01/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via Configuration File
of NetHack, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly
to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/NetHack-buffer-overflow-via-Configuration-File-31258
