This is not a bug. In your command, "echo" is run as root, but the > is handled 
by your shell, so is running as your user - hence the permission denied.
Instead, you should do something like:

echo "foo" | sudo tee -a /var/log/messages

** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected

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Why can't do this ?
https://launchpad.net/bugs/51141

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