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Date:      Tue, 6 Apr 2021 07:56:19 -0700
From:      Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>
To:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
Cc:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, Stefan Blachmann <sblachmann@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Security Team <secteam@freebsd.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-security@freebsd.org, cperciva@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Security leak: Public disclosure of user data without their consent by installing software via pkg
Message-ID:  <410E4486-F9CF-41C3-9396-BD307AF2325F@tetlows.org>
In-Reply-To: <20210406144222.gbgjcc7jsozsl2m2@mutt-hbsd>
References:  <CACc-My1b32PLyeOU4hMDCBGaVzU1GLSrgAft95zMb5U7p7eRwQ@mail.gmail.com> <20210406142735.nbearpqiqz3wyrmd@mutt-hbsd> <6fcb2d1a-929e-c1fe-0273-42858ec547ec@quip.cz> <20210406144222.gbgjcc7jsozsl2m2@mutt-hbsd>

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On Apr 6, 2021, at 7:42 AM, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:39:40PM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
>> On 06/04/2021 16:27, Shawn Webb wrote:
>>=20
>>> 1. BSDStats isn't run/maintained by the FreeBSD project. File the
>>>    report with the BSDStats project, not FreeBSD.
>>> 2. You install a package that is made to submit statistical data.
>>> 3. You're upset that it submits statistical data?
>>=20
>> The problem here is that it collects and sends data right at the =
install
>> time. It is really unexpected to run installed package without user =
consent.
>> If you install Apache, MySQL or any other package the command / =
daemon is no
>> run by "pkg install" command.
>> This must be avoided.
>=20
> It's probably easier to submit a patch than it is to write a
> lolwut-type email. All you gotta do is rm the post-install script.
> Also `pkg install` has the -I option. But whatever, let the lolwut
> mentality prevail!

I had a conversation on the side with the requestor. In short, there is =
already a patch to address this issue in =
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D251152 =
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D251152>. Not sure =
why it hasn't been committed yet, but hopefully it gets picked up =
shortly.

Gordon

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