PT-2015-5922 · Unknown · Das Watchdog

Adam Sampson · Publicado 2015-04-12 · Atualizado 2016-12-03 · CVE-2015-2831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

Alta

Vetor base

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions das watchdog version 0.9.0

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges through a buffer overflow in the das watchdog software. This is achieved by providing a large string in the XAUTHORITY environment variable.

Recommendations For das watchdog version 0.9.0, consider restricting access to the XAUTHORITY environment variable to prevent exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using large strings in the XAUTHORITY variable. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Enumeração de Fraquezas

CWE-119

Identificadores relacionados

CVE-2015-2831

DLA-194-1

DSA-3221-1

Produtos afetados

Das Watchdog

Referências · 14

• https://github.com/kmatheussen/das_watchdog/commit/bd20bb02e75e2c0483832b52f2577253febfb690 · Nota
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2831 · Aviso do Fabricante
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/73706 · Nota
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2831 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/das-watchdog · Aviso do Fabricante
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/02/13 · Nota
• https://packages.debian.org/src:das-watchdog · Nota
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2831 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3221-1 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3221-1 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2831 · Nota de Segurança
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2831 · Nota de Segurança
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/8 · Nota