125 lines
3.9 KiB
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125 lines
3.9 KiB
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From 0aa9b0a92cb61af76b75b57abfd6ea1a7c627367 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:52:42 -0500
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Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: clarify chown/chgrp --dereference defaults
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* doc/coreutils.texi: the documentation for the --dereference
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flag of chown/chgrp states that it is the default mode of
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operation. Document that this is only the case when operating
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non-recursively.
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Upstream-commit: 7597cfa482e42a00a69fb9577ee523762980a9a2
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Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
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---
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doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++--
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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index de1f2eb..de06c0f 100644
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--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
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+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -10989,7 +10989,7 @@ chown -h -R --from=OLDUSER NEWUSER /
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@cindex symbolic links, changing owner
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@findex lchown
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Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to.
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-This is the default.
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+This is the default when not operating recursively.
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@item -h
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@itemx --no-dereference
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@@ -11119,7 +11119,7 @@ changed.
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@cindex symbolic links, changing owner
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@findex lchown
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Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to.
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-This is the default.
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+This is the default when not operating recursively.
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@item -h
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@itemx --no-dereference
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--
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2.13.6
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From 3fb331864c718e065804049001b573ff94810772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:38:21 -0500
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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: warn about following symlinks recursively in
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chown/chgrp
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In both chown and chgrp (which shares its code with chown), operating
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on symlinks recursively has a window of vulnerability where the
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destination user or group can change the target of the operation.
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Warn about combining the --dereference, --recursive, and -L flags.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (warnOptDerefWithRec): Add macro.
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(node chown invocation): Add it to --dereference and -L.
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(node chgrp invocation): Likewise.
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See also: CVE-2017-18018
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Upstream-commit: bc2fd9796403e03bb757b064d44c22fab92e6842
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Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
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---
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doc/coreutils.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
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1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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index de06c0f..24cc85b 100644
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--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
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+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -1428,6 +1428,19 @@ a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it.
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In a recursive traversal, traverse every symbolic link to a directory
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that is encountered.
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@end macro
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+
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+@c Append the following warning to -L where appropriate (e.g. chown).
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+@macro warnOptDerefWithRec
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+
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+Combining this dereferencing option with the @option{--recursive} option
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+may create a security risk:
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+During the traversal of the directory tree, an attacker may be able to
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+introduce a symlink to an arbitrary target; when the tool reaches that,
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+the operation will be performed on the target of that symlink,
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+possibly allowing the attacker to escalate privileges.
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+
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+@end macro
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+
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@choptL
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@macro choptP
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@@ -10990,6 +11003,7 @@ chown -h -R --from=OLDUSER NEWUSER /
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@findex lchown
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Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to.
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This is the default when not operating recursively.
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+@warnOptDerefWithRec
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@item -h
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@itemx --no-dereference
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@@ -11046,6 +11060,7 @@ Recursively change ownership of directories and their contents.
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@xref{Traversing symlinks}.
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@choptL
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+@warnOptDerefWithRec
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@xref{Traversing symlinks}.
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@choptP
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@@ -11120,6 +11135,7 @@ changed.
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@findex lchown
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Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to.
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This is the default when not operating recursively.
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+@warnOptDerefWithRec
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@item -h
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@itemx --no-dereference
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@@ -11175,6 +11191,7 @@ Recursively change the group ownership of directories and their contents.
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@xref{Traversing symlinks}.
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@choptL
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+@warnOptDerefWithRec
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@xref{Traversing symlinks}.
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@choptP
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--
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2.13.6
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