CVE-2012-2653

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2653
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-12 20:55:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionarpwatch 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Arpwatch 2.1a15 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:113 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2481-1 arpwatch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: arpwatch-2.1a15-16.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
arpwatch: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201607-16) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: arpwatch-2.1a15-20.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: arpwatch-2.1a15-18.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 901476 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for arpwatch (7168)

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