CVE-2015-2831

das_watchdog 0.9.0 - Local Buffer Overflow via XAUTHORITY Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
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