<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201207-01"> <title>sudo: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in sudo which may allow local users to gain escalated privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">sudo</product> <announced>2012-07-09</announced> <revised count="1">2012-07-09</revised> <bug>416281</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.8.5_p1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.5_p1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users. Access to commands may also be granted on a range to hosts. </p> </background> <description> <p>An error in sudo may allow unintended IPv4 hosts to be granted access to commands. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5_p1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2337">CVE-2012-2337</uri> </references> <metadata timestamp="2012-05-26T19:07:01Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata> <metadata timestamp="2012-07-09T22:09:16Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata> </glsa>