CVE-2015-2831

HIGH 7.2CVE-2015-2831 · Published 14/04/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-2831 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting das watchdog (das watchdog project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.48%, higher than 41.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
das watchdog das_watchdog_project	`= 0.9.0`	No fix yet

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

debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
securityfocus.com/bid/73706
kmatheussen/das_watchdog commit bd20bb0

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