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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…
High10.0EPSS 3.2%
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 59 days later
· 59 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- [oss-security] 20120525 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120525 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120524 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120524 Re: CVE Request: powerdns does not clear supplementary groups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8702 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201607-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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