CVE-2012-2337 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081432.html 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.securitytracker.com/id?1027077 http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/netmask.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820677 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/