From: Todd C. Miller Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:00:05 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Document the race with sudoedit_checkdir in 1.8.15. X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_8_16^2~55 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec37504dfb711a0f297ff0ac77bf24a8f58810e5;p=sudo Document the race with sudoedit_checkdir in 1.8.15. --- diff --git a/doc/sudoers.cat b/doc/sudoers.cat index 05fb4a942..a4bcdbe36 100644 --- a/doc/sudoers.cat +++ b/doc/sudoers.cat @@ -1268,9 +1268,10 @@ SSUUDDOOEERRSS OOPPTTIIOONNSS will be unable to edit the file. This flag is _o_n by default. - This setting was first introduced in version 1.8.15. - The check for symbolic links in writable intermediate - directories was added in version 1.8.16. + This setting was first introduced in version 1.8.15 but + initially suffered from a race condition. The check + for symbolic links in writable intermediate directories + was added in version 1.8.16. sudoedit_follow By default, ssuuddooeeddiitt will not follow symbolic links when opening files. The _s_u_d_o_e_d_i_t___f_o_l_l_o_w option can be @@ -2531,4 +2532,4 @@ DDIISSCCLLAAIIMMEERR file distributed with ssuuddoo or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html for complete details. -Sudo 1.8.16 January 19, 2016 Sudo 1.8.16 +Sudo 1.8.16 January 20, 2016 Sudo 1.8.16 diff --git a/doc/sudoers.man.in b/doc/sudoers.man.in index b3fac9181..1313d2838 100644 --- a/doc/sudoers.man.in +++ b/doc/sudoers.man.in @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force .\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512. .\" -.TH "SUDOERS" "5" "January 19, 2016" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual" +.TH "SUDOERS" "5" "January 20, 2016" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual" .nh .if n .ad l .SH "NAME" @@ -2703,7 +2703,8 @@ This flag is \fIon\fR by default. .sp -This setting was first introduced in version 1.8.15. +This setting was first introduced in version 1.8.15 but initially +suffered from a race condition. The check for symbolic links in writable intermediate directories was added in version 1.8.16. .TP 18n diff --git a/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in b/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in index 3d4f8de24..0d33690d6 100644 --- a/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in +++ b/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force .\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512. .\" -.Dd January 19, 2016 +.Dd January 20, 2016 .Dt SUDOERS @mansectform@ .Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@ .Sh NAME @@ -2533,7 +2533,8 @@ This flag is .Em on by default. .Pp -This setting was first introduced in version 1.8.15. +This setting was first introduced in version 1.8.15 but initially +suffered from a race condition. The check for symbolic links in writable intermediate directories was added in version 1.8.16. .It sudoedit_follow