RedhatCVELIST:CVE-2012-2653CVE-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 vulnerabilities in the daemon.
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16
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