[Bug 1565567] Re: segv in sudo_getgrgid

[Ben Kulbertis]

For the record, I did not intend to edit the status of this as recorded
above and am unable to revert it. That's embarrassing, sorry. I was
simply looking to see if there was more info about when this might be
released.

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Title:
  segv in sudo_getgrgid

Status in sudo:
  Unknown
Status in sudo package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in sudo source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  In certain environments, for example when using LDAP, users can end up
  in a group with no name. When that happens, sudo crashes when
  attempting to look up the group name for the debug log.

  Upstream has commited a simple fix for this issue, it has been
  commited to Yakkety, and uploaded to Xenial.

  [Test Case]

  I currently don't know an easy way to reproduce this, it is
  environment-specific. A package containing the fix was successfully
  tested in the problematic environment.

  [Regression Potential]

  A regression in the patch would prevent users from using sudo. The
  risk of regression is low since the patch only changes the debug log.


  Original report:

  If the user is in a group with no name (because libnss-db got removed
  and the group was defined there, for example...) then:

  the call to sudo_debug_printf in sudo_getgrgid
  (plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c, line 462) causes a SEGV when trying to get
  item->d.gr->gr_name (since item->d.gr is NULL).

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