[Logcheck-devel] Bug#193161: marked as done (logcheck: Dangerous usage of /var/tmp ?)
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From: christian.jaeger at ethlife.ethz.ch
Subject: logcheck: Dangerous usage of /var/tmp ?
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Package: logcheck
Version: 1.1.1-13.1
Severity: critical
I'm marking this critical since it could be a security problem.
I don't have time right now to check the implications out. If it
isn't a security problem, it's still a bug, though only a normal one.
logcheck installs a directory
/var/tmp/logcheck
for later usage. If one removes this directory, logcheck won't work
anymore.
dpkg -L lists this directory as part of the archive, which means
it will be unpacked during install time.
The problem is, that one may not count on any particular path being
free for own usage inside world writable directories.
Christian.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux ethlife-a 2.4.20 #13 SMP Mon Mai 12 05:32:48 MEST 2003 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages logcheck depends on:
ii cron 3.0pl1-72 management of regular background processing
ii debconf 1.0.22 Debian configuration management system
ii logcheck-database 1.1.1-13.1 A database of system log rules for the use of log chec
ii logtail 1.1.1-13.1 Returns parts of logfiles that have not already been r
ii mailx 8.1.2-0.20010922cvs A simple mail user agent.
ii sysklogd 1.4.1-10 System Logging Daemon
exim Not installed or no info
ii qmail 1.03-23 Secure, reliable, efficient, simple mail transport sys
^^^ (Provides virtual package mail-transport-agent)
ii sysklogd 1.4.1-10 System Logging Daemon
^^^ (Provides virtual package system-log-daemon)
--- Begin /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles (modified conffile)
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/mail.log
/var/log/daemon.log
/var/log/messages
/var/log/lpr.log
/var/log/auth.log
/var/log/debug
/var/log/mail.err
/var/log/mail.info
/var/log/kern.log
/var/log/mail.warn
/var/log/uucp.log
/var/log/user.log
--- End /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles
--- Begin /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf (modified conffile)
DATE=`date +'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M'`
SENDMAILTO=root
--- End /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
--- Begin /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles (modified conffile)
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/mail.log
/var/log/daemon.log
/var/log/messages
/var/log/lpr.log
/var/log/auth.log
/var/log/debug
/var/log/mail.err
/var/log/mail.info
/var/log/kern.log
/var/log/mail.warn
/var/log/uucp.log
/var/log/user.log
--- End /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles
--- Begin /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf (modified conffile)
DATE=`date +'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M'`
SENDMAILTO=root
--- End /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
--- Begin /etc/cron.d/logcheck (modified conffile)
@reboot root test -x /usr/sbin/logcheck && nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck
2 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/logcheck && nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck
--- End /etc/cron.d/logcheck
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From: Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org>
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Source: logcheck
Source-Version: 1.2.25
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
logcheck, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
logcheck-database_1.2.25_all.deb
to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck-database_1.2.25_all.deb
logcheck_1.2.25.dsc
to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.25.dsc
logcheck_1.2.25.tar.gz
to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.25.tar.gz
logcheck_1.2.25_all.deb
to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.25_all.deb
logtail_1.2.25_all.deb
to pool/main/l/logcheck/logtail_1.2.25_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 193161 at bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org> (supplier of updated logcheck package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Friday, 13 Aug 2004 22:54:13 -0500
Source: logcheck
Binary: logcheck logtail logcheck-database
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.2.25
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian logcheck Team <logcheck-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org>
Description:
logcheck - Mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator
logcheck-database - A database of system log rules for the use of log checkers
logtail - Print log file lines that have not been read
Closes: 193161 255932 259603 262327 264158 265176 265588
Changes:
logcheck (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
.
todd:
* Small rule updates for dhclient, ntp, bind, kernel, bonobo, qmail,
proftpd, ntpd, gconf, dovecot, su, samba, postfix (Closes: #259603, #264158)
* Add line to logcheck.postinst to remove header.txt on purge
* Add check to exit if running script as root.
eevans:
* Added violations.ignore.d/logcheck-spamd rule, (Closes: #262327)
maks:
* Re-format NEWS.Debian into Debian changelog format (Closes: #255932)
* Remove /var/state/logcheck from debian/logcheck.dirs.
* Small rule updates for pdns, pop3d-ssl, postfix, scponly.
* Ack woody security fix. (Closes: #193161)
* Small rule updates for dhcpd, kernel, nagios, postfix, rsnapshot
thanks to Peter Palfrader <weasel at debian.org>.
* Add gps policy server rules. (Closes: #265176)
* Fix port match in oidentd rules. (Closes: #265588)
Files:
03047f6b2624f3767b8f0fa6f158865f 670 admin optional logcheck_1.2.25.dsc
6bbafe7f10b1fadcf159024d07ba94f0 79916 admin optional logcheck_1.2.25.tar.gz
2d8391aea6d41426fe144d493bd4bb4b 38584 admin optional logcheck_1.2.25_all.deb
8f8a2663fc61fab076b900164a6be8ea 47118 admin optional logcheck-database_1.2.25_all.deb
e2b3c988fb0ff5b5e3f71ee36fbf4af1 22654 admin optional logtail_1.2.25_all.deb
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