From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 19:30:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B003C16A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:30:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB9A43D46 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:30:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k21JU7u5078524 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:30:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k21JU7GO078523; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:30:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:30:07 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200603011930.k21JU7GO078523@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Neil Darlow Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E38A16A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:24:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neil@darlow.co.uk) Received: from router.darlow.co.uk (cpc1-bigg1-0-0-cust768.lutn.cable.ntl.com [80.6.43.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D4B43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:24:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neil@darlow.co.uk) Received: from router.darlow.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by router.darlow.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 619524AC56 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:24:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: by router.darlow.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1017D4AC2E; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:24:43 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <20060301192443.1017D4AC2E@router.darlow.co.uk> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:24:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Neil Darlow To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: ports/93994: jabber-pymsn-transport executes as root X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Neil Darlow List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:30:09 -0000 >Number: 93994 >Category: ports >Synopsis: jabber-pymsn-transport executes as root >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 01 19:30:06 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Neil Darlow >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD router.darlow.co.uk 6.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Fri Feb 10 16:26:47 GMT 2006 root@router.darlow.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROUTER i386 >Description: jabber-pymsn-transport.sh doesn't default execution of the transport to the "jabber" user. This is a potential security hazard as the transport can execute as root. >How-To-Repeat: Execute "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/jabber-pymsn-transport.sh start" as root >Fix: Add ': ${jabber_pymsn_user="jabber"}" to the startup script NOTE: The port, incorrectly, sets permissions of 0700 on directories under /usr/local/lib/jabber/pymsn/ This effectively prevents running the transport as a non-root user and needs to be fixed before the port can be made more secure. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: