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CVE-2015-2831

Date: April 14, 2015

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.

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2831

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221

Url: https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2831

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-2831

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-2831

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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