Debian DSA-2481-1: Critical Arpwatch Remote Privilege Escalation
debian
June 2, 2012
Steve Grubb from Red Hat discovered that a patch for arpwatch (as shipped at least in Red Hat and Debian distributions) in order to make it drop root privileges would fail to do so...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1a15-1.1+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1a15-1.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1a15-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your arpwatch packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: arpwatch
CVE ID: CVE-2012-2653
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