Sudo 1.9.17

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,69 @@
+What's new in Sudo 1.9.17
+
+ * Sudo now uses the NODEV macro consistently. Bug #1074.
+
+ * Fixed a bug where the "ALL" command in a sudoers rule would
+   override a previous NOSETENV tag.  Command tags are inherited
+   from previous Cmnds in a Cmnd_Spec_List.  There is a special
+   case for the SETENV tag with the "ALL" command, where SETENV is
+   implied if no explicit SETENV or NOSETENV tag is specified.  This
+   special case did not take into account that a NOSETENV tag that
+   was inherited should override this behavior.
+
+ * If sudo is run via ssh without a terminal and a password is
+   required, it now suggest using ssh's "-t" option.
+
+ * Fixed the display of timeout values in the "sudo -V" output
+   on systems without a C99-compliant snprintf() function.
+
+ * Quieted a number of Coverity minor warnings.
+
+ * Fixed a problem running sudo from a serial console on Linux when
+   the command is run in a pseudo-terminal (the default).
+
+ * Fixed a crash in sudo which could occur if there was a fatal
+   error after the user was validated but before the command was
+   actually run.
+
+ * Fixed a number of man page style warnings.  The "lint" make target
+   in the docs directory will now run groff with warnings enabled
+   if it is available.  Bug #1075.
+
+ * The "ignore_dot" sudoers setting is now on by default.  There
+   is now a "--disable-ignore-dot" configure option to disable it.
+   The "--with-ignore-dot" configure option has been deprecated.
+
+ * Fixed a problem with the "pwfeedback" option where an initial
+   backspace would reduce the maximum length allowed for the password.
+   GitHub issue #439.
+
+ * Fixed minor grammar and spelling problems in the man pages.
+
+ * Fixed a bug where a user could avoid entering a password for
+   "sudo -l command" if they specified their own user or group name
+   via the "-u" or "-g" options.
+
+ * Avoid potential password guessing based on timing attacks on
+   the strcmp() function on systems without PAM or a crypt() function
+   where plaintext passwords are stored in the shadow password file.
+
+ * Fixed a potential information leak where "sudo -l command" could
+   be used to determine whether an executable exists in a directory
+   that they do not have search access to.
+
+ * Sudo uses TCSAFLUSH, not TCSADRAIN, when disabling echo once
+   again.  A long time ago sudo changed from using TCSAFLUSH to
+   TCSADRAIN due to some systems having bugs related to TCSAFLUSH.
+   That should no longer be a concern.  Using TCSAFLUSH ensures
+   that password input that has been received by the kernel, but
+   not yet read by sudo, will be discarded and not echoed.
+
+ * Added the SUDO_TTY environment variable if the user has a terminal.
+   This can be used to find the user's original tty device when sudo
+   runs the command in its own pseudo-terminal.  GitHub issue #447.
+
+ * New Cantonese translation for sudo.
+
 What's new in Sudo 1.9.16p2
 
  * Sudo now passes the terminal device number to the policy plugin
@@ -2285,7 +2351,7 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.8.22
    of the session leader.  When the "timestamp_type" option is set
    to "ppid" or when no terminal is available, the start time of
    the parent process is used instead.  This significantly reduces
-   the likelihood of a time stamp record being re-used when a user
+   the likelihood of a time stamp record being reused when a user
    logs out and back in again.  Bug #818.
 
  * The sudoers time stamp file format is now documented in the new

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for sudo 1.9.16p2.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for sudo 1.9.17.
 #
 # Report bugs to <https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/>.
 #
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='sudo'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='sudo'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.9.16p2'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.9.17'
-PACKAGE_STRING='sudo 1.9.16p2'
+PACKAGE_STRING='sudo 1.9.17'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-'configure' configures sudo 1.9.16p2 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures sudo 1.9.17 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sudo 1.9.16p2:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sudo 1.9.17:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-sudo configure 1.9.16p2
+sudo configure 1.9.17
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by sudo $as_me 1.9.16p2, which was
+It was created by sudo $as_me 1.9.17, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -37071,7 +37071,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by sudo $as_me 1.9.16p2, which was
+This file was extended by sudo $as_me 1.9.17, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -37139,7 +37139,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-sudo config.status 1.9.16p2
+sudo config.status 1.9.17
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 dnl OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 dnl
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([sudo], [1.9.16p2], [https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/], [sudo])
+AC_INIT([sudo], [1.9.17], [https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/], [sudo])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h pathnames.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/sudo.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([scripts])