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See also the [[http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-bugcontrol/qa-regression-testing/master/annotate/head%3A/install/README.files_explained|install audit notes]].

This is a list of setuid applications that need investigation. See the mailinglist post about this for more information.

See also the install audit notes.

Source Package

setuid Files

De-rooted

Capabilities

Changes Sent Upstream

Comments

libpam-foreground

/bin/check-foreground-console

no

no

n/a

Small secure wrapper to read /dev/console

cupsys

/usr/bin/lppasswd

no

n/a

n/a

Needs root to read /etc/cups/passwd.*

fping

/bin/fping

needed

n/a

no

Checks: if ( geteuid() ) {... exit(3); Will patch and send upstream -JeffSchroeder

util-linux

/bin/mount, /bin/umount

needed

no

n/a

Checks: if (getuid () != geteuid ()). Should check for CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability

exim4

/usr/sbin/exim4

configurable

possible

n/a

*lines 1581-1582 src/exim.c

shadow

/bin/su, /usr/bin/chfn, /usr/bin/chsh, /usr/bin/gpasswd, /usr/bin/newgrp, /usr/bin/passwd

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

Needs a review

sudo

/usr/bin/sudo, /usr/bin/sudoedit

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

Needs a review

iputils

/bin/ping, /bin/ping6, /bin/arping, /usr/bin/traceroute6.iputils

yes

possible

UNKNOWN

*line 129 ping.c, *line 217 ping6.c, *line 314 arping.c, *line 343 traceroute6.c

mtr

/usr/bin/mtr

yes

possible

n/a

*line 333 mtr.c

glibc

/usr/lib/pt_chown

yes

possible

n/a

*line 147glibc-2.6.1/login/programs/pt_chown.c

cdrtools

/usr/bin/cdrecord

yes

possible

n/a

*line 1120 cdrecord/cdrecord.c

eject

/usr/lib/eject/dmcrypt-get-device

yes

possible

n/a

*lines 60-61 dmcrypt-get-device.c

openssh-client

/usr/lib/openssh/ssh-keysign

yes

tricky

n/a

*line 176 permanently_set_uid() function ssh-keysign.c

* - Where in the software the privileges are dropped using the setuid() / setgid() or setreuid() / setresgid() system calls.

Security/Investigation/Setuid (last edited 2013-07-23 07:07:01 by 74)