CVE-2015-2831
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-04-14 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 00e18d3450bf1cd112c45b4c689e9f0e1a240c0292a89a471c7bda0158e41af9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150402 Re: CVE request: Buffer overflow in das_watchdoghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
- github.comhttps://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690
- www.securityfocus.com73706http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150401 CVE request: Buffer overflow in das_watchdoghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8
- www.debian.orgDSA-3221http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- das-watchdog Fixed in 0.9.0-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- das-watchdog Fixed in 0.9.0-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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