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sudo — security advisory
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.
- Products
- sudo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.8.3p2-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-2337
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2337
sudo
Fixed versions: 1.8.3p2-1.1
sudo
Fixed versions: 1.8.3p2-1.1
sudo
Fixed versions: 1.8.3p2-1.1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2337",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2337",
"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.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2337",
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"package": {
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},
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},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:36.137915300Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-2337"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2337"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2012-2337",
"evidence": "/upstream"
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417873,
"published_at": "2012-05-18T18:55:01.813+00:00"
}