CVE-2012-2653

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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

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