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