CVE catalog

CVE-2012-2653

arpwatch: CVE-2012-2653

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
3.20% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianarpwatchsid2.1a15-11fixed
Debianarpwatchforky2.1a15-11fixed
Debianarpwatchtrixie2.1a15-9fixed
Debianarpwatchbookworm2.1a15-8fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianarpwatchsourcesid2.1a15-1.2not yet assignedNot reported[674715]
Debianarpwatchsourceforky2.1a15-1.2not yet assignedNot reported[674715]
Debianarpwatchsourcetrixie2.1a15-1.2not yet assignedNot reported[674715]
Debianarpwatchsourcebookworm2.1a15-1.2not yet assignedNot reported[674715]

[Debian bug #674715]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [arpwatch]Fixed

    Source package: [arpwatch]

    Details (2)

    • 2.1a15-8+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.1a15-1.2

      dsa · arpwatch · debian · bookworm; dsa · arpwatch · debian · 12

    • 2.1a15-8+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.1a15-1.2

      dsa · arpwatch · debian · bookworm; dsa · arpwatch · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [arpwatch]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.1a15-9 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.1a15-1.2

      dsa · arpwatch · debian · 13

    • 2.1a15-9 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.1a15-1.2

      dsa · arpwatch · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]