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OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0945-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-07-01 04:53 - Updated: 2021-07-01 04:53
Summary
Security update for arpwatch
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for arpwatch
Description of the patch: 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.
Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-945
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2021-25321
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.2:arpwatch-2.1a15-lp152.6.9.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.2:arpwatch-ethercodes-build-2.1a15-lp152.6.9.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
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