CVE-2012-2653
N/A
Published: July 12, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorArpwatch
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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