CVE-2012-2653 | BDVDB-2026-50903 Detail
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#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
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
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.