Setuid
This is a list of setuid applications that need investigation. See the [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-hardened/2007-October/000217.html mailinglist post] about this for more information.
Source Package |
setuid Files |
De-rooted |
Capabilities |
Changes Sent Upstream |
Comments |
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 |
fping |
/bin/fping |
needed |
n/a |
no |
Checks: if ( geteuid() ) {... exit(3); Will patch and send upstream -JeffSchroeder |
mtr |
/usr/bin/mtr |
yes |
possible |
n/a |
*line 333 mtr.c |
util-linux |
/bin/mount, /bin/umount |
needed |
no |
n/a |
Checks: if (getuid () != geteuid ()). Should check for CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability |
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 |
libpam-foreground |
/bin/check-foreground-console |
no |
no |
n/a |
Small secure wrapper to read /dev/console |
eject |
/usr/lib/eject/dmcrypt-get-device |
yes |
possible |
n/a |
*lines 60-61 dmcrypt-get-device.c |
exim4 |
/usr/sbin/exim4 |
configurable |
possible |
n/a |
*lines 1581-1582 src/exim.c |
openssh-client |
/usr/lib/openssh/ssh-keysign |
yes |
tricky |
n/a |
*line 176 permanently_set_uid() function |
cupsys |
/usr/bin/lppasswd |
no |
n/a |
n/a |
Needs root to read /etc/cups/passwd.* |
* - Where in the software the privileges are dropped using the setuid() / setgid() or setreuid() / setresgid() system calls.