CVE-2012-2337 (GCVE-0-2012-2337)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-18 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49219 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/49948 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/49244 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/49291 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2478 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027077 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/ x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/netmask.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2012-05-16 00:00
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