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CVE-2015-2831

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Das Watchdog Project Das Watchdog: 0.9.0

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

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