CVE-2012-2653

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.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.82% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5	mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html	vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13	mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12	mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481	vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14	mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113	vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html	vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2653?: CVE-2012-2653 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2653?: To fix CVE-2012-2653, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2653 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-2653 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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