On Fri, 2015-12-25 at 02:53 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Control: reopen -1
> 
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 05:19:31 +0000 Bdale Garbee <bd...@gag.com> wrote:
> > Source: sudo
> > Source-Version: 1.8.15-1
> > 
> > We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
> > sudo, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
> [...]
> 
> As Raphael already explained, the upstream change doesn't fix this.

It *does* add a new configuration option, sudoedit_checkdir, which if
enabled will defeat this attack.  However, the upstream default is that
it's disabled.  Perhaps this should be changed in the Debian package?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
All extremists should be taken out and shot.

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