Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -s command line option.
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.
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http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-350 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11283 | vdb entry third party advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806 | vdb entry third party advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311172/2003-02-08/2003-02-14/0 | mailing list exploit vdb entry third party advisory |
http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt | third party advisory patch |