CVE-2012-2653
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-12 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 81cd421137687aba92401e7818c22a5ef6ab038e40efd78cef650dae337c58f5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120525 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8675http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120525 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120524 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12
- www.debian.orgDSA-2481http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120524 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:113http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8702http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8677http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- arpwatch Fixed in 2.1a15-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- arpwatch Fixed in 2.1a15-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- arpwatch Fixed in 2.1a15-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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