tcpdump/0003-Drop-root-priviledges-before-opening-first-savefile-.patch
Michal Sekletar 3719c98bef Rebase to 4.7.3
Fixes for CVE-2015-0261 CVE-2015-2154 CVE-2015-2153 CVE-2015-2155.

Resolves: #1201573,#1201799,#1201792,#1201795,#1201797
2015-03-25 14:41:16 +01:00

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From ec4e1a40fcf43d96a121a1ead877f2db4953dabb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rpm-build <rpm-build>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:13:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Drop root priviledges before opening first savefile if
running with -Z root
---
tcpdump.1.in | 7 ++++++-
tcpdump.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in
index f9522cb..3f1bc5f 100644
--- a/tcpdump.1.in
+++ b/tcpdump.1.in
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ have the name specified with the
flag, with a number after it, starting at 1 and continuing upward.
The units of \fIfile_size\fP are millions of bytes (1,000,000 bytes,
not 1,048,576 bytes).
+
+Note that when used with \fB\-Z\fR option (enabled by default), privileges
+are dropped before opening first savefile.
.TP
.B \-d
Dump the compiled packet-matching code in a human readable form to
@@ -865,7 +868,9 @@ but before opening any savefiles for output, change the user ID to
and the group ID to the primary group of
.IR user .
.IP
-This behavior can also be enabled by default at compile time.
+This behavior is enabled by default (\fB\-Z tcpdump\fR), and can
+be disabled by \fB\-Z root\fR.
+
.IP "\fI expression\fP"
.RS
selects which packets will be dumped.
diff --git a/tcpdump.c b/tcpdump.c
index 2fd1617..4cbeb05 100644
--- a/tcpdump.c
+++ b/tcpdump.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
cap_rights_t rights;
int cansandbox;
#endif /* HAVE_CAPSICUM */
+ int chown_flag;
#ifdef WIN32
if(wsockinit() != 0) return 1;
@@ -1841,10 +1842,23 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
}
capng_apply(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
#endif /* HAVE_LIBCAP_NG */
- if (username || chroot_dir)
- droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+ /* If user is running tcpdump as root and wants to write to the savefile,
+ * we will check if -C is set and if it is, we will drop root
+ * privileges right away and consequent call to pcap_dump_open()
+ * will most likely fail for the first file. If -C flag is not set we
+ * will create file as root then change ownership of file to proper
+ * user(default tcpdump) and drop root privileges.
+ */
+ if (WFileName)
+ if (Cflag && (username || chroot_dir))
+ droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+ else
+ chown_flag = 1;
+ else
+ if (username || chroot_dir)
+ droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+ }
- }
#endif /* WIN32 */
if (pcap_setfilter(pd, &fcode) < 0)
@@ -1879,6 +1893,21 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
MakeFilename(dumpinfo.CurrentFileName, WFileName, 0, 0);
p = pcap_dump_open(pd, dumpinfo.CurrentFileName);
+
+ /* Change ownership of file and drop root privileges */
+ if (chown_flag) {
+ struct passwd *pwd;
+
+ pwd = getpwnam(username);
+ if (!pwd)
+ error("Couldn't find user '%s'", username);
+
+ if (strcmp(WFileName, "-") && chown(dumpinfo.CurrentFileName, pwd->pw_uid, pwd->pw_gid) < 0)
+ error("Couldn't change ownership of savefile");
+
+ if (username || chroot_dir)
+ droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+ }
#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
/* Give up CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability.
* Only allow it to be restored if the -C or -G flag have been
--
2.3.4