DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2653

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2653

    Published: 12 Jul 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2653

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2653

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: arpwatch

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/arpwatch?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1a15-1.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High