Posting for historical reasons.
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.
- https://www.exploit-db.com/?author=4939
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0358
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11283
- http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-350
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311172/2003-02-08/2003-02-14/0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806