arpwatch: fails to drop supplementary groups
Published Jul 12, 2012
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.20%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.1a15
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
arpwatch
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | arpwatch | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.20% (0.03202) | 87.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.20% (0.03202) | 86.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.82% (0.01816) | 81.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.13% (0.01133) | 85.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.13% (0.01133) | 84.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01133) | 82.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.08% (0.01081) | 82.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082553.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082565.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/24/14 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2653 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825328 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2653
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2653
Change history (0)
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