CVE-2012-2653
10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.8%
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.
Affected configurations
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
Related
10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.8%