CVE catalog

CVE-2015-2831

das-watchdog: CVE-2015-2831

Severity: Medium
Published: Apr 12, 2015, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.48% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	das-watchdog	sid	`0.9.0-6`	fixed
Debian	das-watchdog	trixie	`0.9.0-5`	fixed
Debian	das-watchdog	bookworm	`0.9.0-3.2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	das-watchdog	source	sid	`0.9.0-3.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[781806]
Debian	das-watchdog	source	trixie	`0.9.0-3.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[781806]
Debian	das-watchdog	source	bookworm	`0.9.0-3.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[781806]

[Debian bug #781806]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[das-watchdog]Fixed
Source package: [das-watchdog]
Details (2)
- 0.9.0-3.2+b3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.9.0-3.1
  dsa · das-watchdog · debian · bookworm; dsa · das-watchdog · debian · 12
- 0.9.0-3.2+b3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.9.0-3.1
  dsa · das-watchdog · debian · bookworm; dsa · das-watchdog · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[das-watchdog]Fixed
Source package: [das-watchdog]
Details (2)
- 0.9.0-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.9.0-3.1
  dsa · das-watchdog · debian · 13
- 0.9.0-5+b2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.9.0-3.1
  dsa · das-watchdog · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:14:45 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]