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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2012-2653 NameCVE-2012-2653 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. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub…
CVE-2012-2653
| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2481-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 674715 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| arpwatch (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 2.1a15-8 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.1a15-9 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2.1a15-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| arpwatch | source | squeeze | 2.1a15-1.1+squeeze1 | DSA-2481-1 | ||
| arpwatch | source | (unstable) | 2.1a15-1.2 | 674715 |
Notes
Debian build includes the vulnerable patch (in .diff.gz)
Apply commands
Debian build includes the vulnerable patch (in .diff.gz)OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.1a15-1.2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.1a15-1.2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.1a15-1.2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.1a15-1.2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.1a15-1.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| lawrence_berkeley_national_laboratory | arpwatch | 2.1a15 | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2653
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.