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nethack, slashem — security advisory
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.
- Products
- nethack, slashem
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.0.6E4F8-6, 3.4.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2003-0359
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0359
nethack
Fixed versions: 3.4.1-1
nethack
Fixed versions: 3.4.1-1
nethack
Fixed versions: 3.4.1-1
slashem
Fixed versions: 0.0.6E4F8-6
slashem
Fixed versions: 0.0.6E4F8-6
slashem
Fixed versions: 0.0.6E4F8-6
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:19.614642381Z",
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"published_at": "2003-07-24T04:00:00+00:00"
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