{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25321","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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:50:10Z","published":"2021-06-30T09:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-25321"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25321"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25321"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"arpwatch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/arpwatch@2.1a15-2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.1a15-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"arpwatch","binary_version":"2.1a15-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25321.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}