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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71356
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2478-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sudo' package(s) announced via the DSA-2478-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sudo' package(s) announced via the DSA-2478-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that sudo misparsed network masks used in Host and Host_List stanzas. This allowed the execution of commands on hosts, where the user would not be allowed to run the specified command.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'sudo' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2337
1027077
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027077
49219
http://secunia.com/advisories/49219
49244
http://secunia.com/advisories/49244
49291
http://secunia.com/advisories/49291
49948
http://secunia.com/advisories/49948
DSA-2478
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2478
FEDORA-2012-7998
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081432.html
MDVSA-2012:079
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:079
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/
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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