CVE-2015-2831

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

14/04/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:das_watchdog_project:das_watchdog:0.9.0:::::::*

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706
https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706
https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690