UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25321

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25321

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25321.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25321

Upstream

CVE-2021-25321

Published

2021-06-30T09:15:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:50:10Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in arpwatch of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.2 allows local attackers with control of the runtime user to run arpwatch as to escalate to root upon the next restart of arpwatch. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. openSUSE Factory arpwatch version 2.1a15-169.5 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.2 arpwatch version 2.1a15-lp152.5.5 and prior versions.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / arpwatch

Package

Name: arpwatch
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/arpwatch@2.1a15-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1a15-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.1a15-2",
            "binary_name": "arpwatch"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25321.json"