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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2337 · published 18 May 2012

CVE-2012-2337: Todd miller sudo permissions and access controls vulnerability

Todd Miller · Sudo

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.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.40% · top 68.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820677
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/
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 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820677
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2337), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.