CVE - CVE-2015-2831

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-2831	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:73706 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706 CONFIRM:https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690 DEBIAN:DSA-3221 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150401 CVE request: Buffer overflow in das_watchdog URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150402 Re: CVE request: Buffer overflow in das_watchdog URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150402	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150402)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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