CVE-2012-2653
arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop...
CVE-2012-2653 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Arpwatch, published May 27, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.20%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in arpwatch 2.1a15-1.2.
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-2653- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-2653- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-2639 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2012-2639- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f5c6-h372-fcmp No score
arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f5c6-h372-fcmp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-2653- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-2653 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2653- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/5
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082569.html
debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2481
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mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:113
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-16
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2653
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5c6-h372-fcmp
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2653