Vulnerability CVE-2015-2831
Published: 2015-04-14

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Das watchdog project -> Das watchdog 

 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
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