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Status published
Critical
CVE-2012-2653
arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16
Affected Vendor
lawrence berkeley national laboratory
View all reports →Affected Software
arpwatch
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1a15
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 12th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.