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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881138 |
Category: | CentOS Local Security Checks |
Title: | CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2012:1081 centos5 |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'sudo'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'sudo' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root. A flaw was found in the way the network matching code in sudo handled multiple IP networks listed in user specification configuration directives. A user, who is authorized to run commands with sudo on specific hosts, could use this flaw to bypass intended restrictions and run those commands on hosts not matched by any of the network specifications. (CVE-2012-2337) All users of sudo are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: sudo on CentOS 5 Solution: Please install the updated packages. 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 Debian Security Information: DSA-2478 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2478 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081432.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:079 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2337/ http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027077 http://secunia.com/advisories/49219 http://secunia.com/advisories/49244 http://secunia.com/advisories/49291 http://secunia.com/advisories/49948 |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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