CVE-2015-2831
das_watchdog 0.9.0 - Local Buffer Overflow via XAUTHORITY Environment Variable
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221
Scores
EPSS
0.0048
EPSS Percentile
38.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
das_watchdog_project/das_watchdog
0.9.0
Published
Apr 14, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026