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Alpine: multiple nethack packages: security update to 3.6.4-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405717

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from
 configuration files. This affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid, and shared systems that
 allow users to upload their own configuration files. (CVE-2019-19905)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-19905

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 405717

Version: Revision 1.32

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19905