Out-of-Bounds Affecting das-watchdog package, versions <0.9.0-3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-DASWATCHDOG-276709
  • published14 Apr 2015
  • disclosed14 Apr 2015

Introduced: 14 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-2831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable das-watchdog to version 0.9.0-3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream das-watchdog package and not the das-watchdog package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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