VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- das watchdog project/das watchdog
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.