Description
arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2481-1 | arpwatch security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2482-1 | arpwatch security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-2639 | arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T19:42:31.777Z
Reserved: 2012-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-2653
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Status : Modified
Published: 2012-07-12T20:55:15.937
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-2653
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD