[SECURITY] [DSA 3221-1] das-watchdog security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-3221-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                      Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 12, 2015                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : das-watchdog
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-2831
Debian Bug     : 781806

Adam Sampson discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the
XAUTHORITY environment variable in das-watchdog, a watchdog daemon to
ensure a realtime process won't hang the machine. A local user can
exploit this flaw to escalate his privileges and execute arbitrary
code as root.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.0-2+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.0-3.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your das-watchdog packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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