CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-2831

HIGH
7.2
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
das-watchdogDebian
Fixed in:0.9.0-3.1CVE-2015-2831
Fixed in:0.9.0-3.1CVE-2015-2831
Fixed in:0.9.0-3.1CVE-2015-2831
Fixed in:0.9.0-3.1CVE-2015-2831

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days
38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

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