CVE-2015-2831

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-2831
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-04-14T18:59:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-03T03:06:51
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:das_watchdog_project:das_watchdog:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13
https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73706
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2831
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2831
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:02:00 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 04:17:46 2015-04-14T18:59Z 2015-04-14T18:59:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 04:17:46 2016-12-03T03:06:51 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 04:17:46 Modified Vulnerability Status updated