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CVE-2012-2337
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.40%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820677 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 49948 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 49244 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 49291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1027077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7998 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/netmask.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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