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Mandriva Update for arpwatch MDVSA-2012:113 (arpwatch)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Mandrake Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'arpwatch' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in arpwatch: 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 (CVE-2012-2653). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

arpwatch on Mandriva Linux 2011.0

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)