Bug#969573: init-system-helpers: service runs any program with relative path

[Michael Biebl]

Am 05.09.20 um 10:27 schrieb hamish:
> Package: init-system-helpers
> Version: 1.56+nmu1
> Severity: normal
> 
> The service commands seems to be able to run arbitrary commands given a relative path:
> 
> $ sudo service ../../bin/ls                                                                                                                       [ 6:25PM]
> bin   dev  home        initrd.img.old  lib32  libx32	  media  opt   root  sbin  sys	usr  vmlinuz
> boot  etc  initrd.img  lib	       lib64  lost+found  mnt	 proc  run   srv   tmp	var  vmlinuz.old
> 
> $ sudo service ../../bin/echo hmmm                                                                                                                [ 6:27PM]
> hmmm
> 
> 
> Absolute paths don't work though:
> 
> $ sudo service /bin/ls                                                                                                                         [ 6:26PM]
> /bin/ls: unrecognized service
> 
> 
> 
> Is this intentional? 

No, it's a bug in the sysvinit fallthrough.
Happy to take a patch for that.





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