CVE-2015-2831 | BDVDB-2026-68989 Detail

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#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12015-04-14Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.