• [SECURITY] [DSA 3440-1] sudo security update

    From Ben Hutchings@1:229/2 to All on Mon Jan 11 14:50:01 2016
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3440-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Ben Hutchings January 11, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : sudo
    CVE ID : CVE-2015-5602
    Debian Bug : 804149

    When sudo is configured to allow a user to edit files under a directory
    that they can already write to without using sudo, they can actually
    edit (read and write) arbitrary files. Daniel Svartman reported that a configuration like this might be introduced unintentionally if the
    editable files are specified using wildcards, for example:

    operator ALL=(root) sudoedit /home/*/*/test.txt

    The default behaviour of sudo has been changed so that it does not allow editing of a file in a directory that the user can write to, or that is
    reached by following a symlink in a directory that the user can write
    to. These restrictions can be disabled, but this is strongly
    discouraged.

    For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
    in version 1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u1.

    For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3.

    For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
    in version 1.8.15-1.1.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.8.15-1.1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
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