CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-2831
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-04-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in das_watchdog 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a large string in the XAUTHORITY environment variable.
Affected configurations
• das watchdog project das watchdog 0.9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690 github.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690 github.com