DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2831

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2831
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2831.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2831
Published
2015-04-14T18:59:06Z
Modified
2025-11-02T17:01:38Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / das-watchdog

Package

Name
das-watchdog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/das-watchdog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.0-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / das-watchdog

Package

Name
das-watchdog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/das-watchdog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.0-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / das-watchdog

Package

Name
das-watchdog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/das-watchdog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.0-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}