CVE-2003-0359

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2003-0359 · Published 24/07/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0359 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting nethack (stichting mathematisch centrum).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.32%, higher than 25.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nethack stichting_mathematisch_centrum	`= 3.4.0`	No fix yet

Description

nethack 3.4.0 and earlier installs certain setgid binaries with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the original binaries with malicious code.

References

debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316 · Patch

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