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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="202007-25">
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<title>arpwatch: Root privilege escalation</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability was discovered in arpwatch which may allow local
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attackers to gain root privileges.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">arpwatch</product>
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<announced>2020-07-27</announced>
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<revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised>
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<bug>602552</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-analyzer/arpwatch" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.1.15-r11</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.1.15-r11</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>The ethernet monitor program; for keeping track of ethernet/ip address
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pairings.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>It was discovered that Gentoo’s arpwatch ebuild made excessive
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permission operations on its data directories, possibly changing
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ownership of unintended files. This only affects OpenRC systems, as the
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flaw was exploitable via the init script.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A local attacker could escalate privileges.</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All arpwatch users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
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">=net-analyzer/arpwatch-2.1.15-r11"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-20T01:06:22Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T00:14:49Z">sam_c</metadata>
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</glsa>
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