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openSUSE Leap 15.2 Advisory 2021:0945-1 Critical: Arpwatch Local Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial openSUSE security patch addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability in arpwatch. Apply the suggested updates immediately.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for arpwatch fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-25321: Fixed local privilege escalation from runtime user to

root (bsc#1186240).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-945=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

arpwatch-2.1a15-lp152.6.9.1

arpwatch-debuginfo-2.1a15-lp152.6.9.1

arpwatch-debugsource-2.1a15-lp152.6.9.1

arpwatch-ethercodes-build-2.1a15-lp152.6.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25321.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186240

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0945-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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