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From: Douglas Stevenson Ng <douglas@chapters.org>
Subject: Re: ports/4878: Apache w/FrontPage Module Port Update/Security
  Fix
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The following reply was made to PR ports/4878; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Douglas Stevenson Ng <douglas@chapters.org>
To: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>,
        <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: "FreeBSD-ISP" <FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: ports/4878: Apache w/FrontPage Module Port Update/Security
  Fix
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:44:09 +0800

 Is there a way I can compile the fp port without the DES libraries?
 I am outside of the United States and I believe DES is not available
 out of the US.  I could be wrong.
 
 Any advice is appreciated. 
 
 Thanks in advance,
 Douglas Ng
 webmaster
 
 At 05:28 PM 4/23/98 -0500, Scot W. Hetzel wrote:
 >Please remove the following apache-fp ports files from the
 >/pub/FreeBSD/development/ports directory as they are obsolete:
 >
 >apache-fp.port.tgz
 >apache-fp_125.diff
 >
 >The latest Apache-Fp port is v126.B and is currently located on
 >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming
 >
 >4878.apache-fp.126.b.tgz
 >4878.apache-fp.126_126.b.diff
 >
 >This version of the apache-fp port corrects the following problems:
 >
 >1. More checks for correct DES installations.
 >2. Security Fix for SUEXEC to allow fpexe to by pass it.
 >
 >When suexec+ was included starting with the v125.E port, suexec would run
 >all user cgi programs as root.  Which would cause a major security
 >violation.  Suexec+ was checking prog ( agrv[0] )= /usr/local/sbin/suexec
 >against FRONTPAGE_EXE =
 >/usr/local/frontpage/version3.0/apache-fp/_vti_bin/fpexe, which always
 >resulted in a value >0 and would then execute any cgi program as root.
 >
 >This problem is now corrected.  In stead of using prog, suexec now uses cmd
 >( argv[3]), and checks if cmd = fpexe.  If it does it will then execute
 >fpexe and no other commands.
 >
 >Q.  Should I change the uid to HTTPD_USER before I run fpexe?  Currently,
 >fpexe is executed with uid=root and gid=www, when executed from suexec.  The
 >fpexe executable is suid, also.
 >
 >To compile apache-fp with suexec support:
 >
 >make [build|install] -DSUEXEC [HTTPD_USER=<UID Server Runs as>]
 >
 >NOTE: The default user suexec runs as is "www".  So please check your
 >httpd.conf file to determine the user your server is running as.
 >
 >If there are no objections to the port, could somebody please submit it to
 >the Ports Collection?
 >
 >Thanks,
 >
 >Scot W. Hetzel
 >
 >
 >
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