CVE-2012-2337

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    CVE-2012-2337

    Published: 18 May 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4 address.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/49219, http://secunia.com/advisories/49244, http://secunia.com/advisories/49291, http://secunia.com/advisories/49948, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2478, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:079, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/netmask.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820677, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081432.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027077, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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