CVE-2015-2831 – Debian Security Advisory 3221-1

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2015-2831

13 Apr 2015 — 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. Desbordamiento de buffer en das_watchdog 0.9.0 permite a usuarios locales ejecutar código arbitrario con privilegios root a través de una cadena grande en la variable de entorno XAUTHORITY. Adam Sampson discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the XAUTHORITY environment variable in das-watchdog, a watchdog daemon to ensure a realtime proces... • http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3221 • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer •