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Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc/security/sudo
From: Takahiro Kambe
Date: 2021-01-18 15:32:24
Message id: 20210118143224.4DA41FA9D@cvs.NetBSD.org
Log Message:
security/sudo: update to 1.9.5p1
Update sudo package to 1.9.5p1. CHanges from 1.8.31p2 are too many to
write here. Please refer <https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html>.
1.9.5 fixes these security problems:
* Fixed CVE-2021-23239, a potential information leak in sudoedit that
could be used to test for the existence of directories not normally
accessible to the user in certain circumstances. When creating a new
file, sudoedit checks to make sure the parent directory of the new file
exists before running the editor. However, a race condition exists if
the invoking user can replace (or create) the parent directory. If a
symbolic link is created in place of the parent directory, sudoedit will
run the editor as long as the target of the link exists. If the target
of the link does not exist, an error message will be displayed. The
race condition can be used to test for the existence of an arbitrary
directory. However, it cannot be used to write to an arbitrary
location.
* Fixed CVE-2021-23240, a flaw in the temporary file handling of
sudoedit's SELinux RBAC support. On systems where SELinux is enabled, a
user with sudoedit permissions may be able to set the owner of an
arbitrary file to the user-ID of the target user. On Linux kernels that
support protected symlinks setting /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks to 1
will prevent the bug from being exploited. For more information, see
Symbolic link attack in SELinux-enabled sudoedit.
Quote from 1.9.0 features:
* The maximum length of a conversation reply has been increased from 255
to 1023 characters. This allows for longer user passwords. Bug #860.
* Sudo now includes a logging daemon, sudo_logsrvd, which can be used to
implement centralized logging of I/O logs. TLS connections are
supported when sudo is configured with the --enable-openssl option. For
more information, see the sudo_logsrvd, sudo_logsrvd.conf and
sudo_logsrv.proto manuals as well as the log_servers setting in the
sudoers manual.
* The --disable-log-server and --disable-log-client configure options can
be used to disable building the I/O log server and/or remote I/O log
support in the sudoers plugin.
* The new sudo_sendlog utility can be used to test sudo_logsrvd or send
existing sudo I/O logs to a centralized server.
* It is now possible to write sudo plugins in Python 4 when sudo is
configured with the --enable-python option. See the sudo_plugin_python
manual for details.
Sudo 1.9.0 comes with several Python example plugins that get installed
sudo's examples directory.
The sudo blog article What's new in sudo 1.9: Python includes a simple
tutorial on writing python plugins.
* Sudo now supports an audit plugin type. An audit plugin receives
accept, reject, exit and error messages and can be used to implement
custom logging that is independent of the underlying security policy.
Multiple audit plugins may be specified in the sudo.conf file. A sample
audit plugin is included that writes logs in JSON format.
* Sudo now supports an approval plugin type. An approval plugin is run
only after the main security policy (such as sudoers) accepts a command
to be run. The approval policy may perform additional checks,
potentially interacting with the user. Multiple approval plugins may be
specified in the sudo.conf file. Only if all approval plugins succeed
will the command be allowed.
* Sudo's -S command line option now causes the sudo conversation function
to write to the standard output or standard error instead of the
terminal device.
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