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selinux_alert.txt (text/plain), 2.29 KB, created by Mark Eggers on 2007-08-11 21:20:40 UTC

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Created: 2007-08-11 21:20:40 UTC

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>Summary
>    SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/pidgin from changing the access protection of
>    memory on the heap.
>
>Detailed Description
>    The /usr/bin/pidgin application attempted to change the access protection of
>    memory on the heap (e,g., allocated using malloc).  This is a potential
>    security problem.  Applications should not be doing this. Applications are
>    sometimes coded incorrectly and request this permission.  The
>    http://people.redhat.com/drepper/selinux-mem.html web page explains how to
>    remove this requirement.  If /usr/bin/pidgin does not work and you need it
>    to work, you can configure SELinux temporarily to allow this access until
>    the application is fixed. Please file a
>    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against this package.
>
>Allowing Access
>    If you want /usr/bin/pidgin to continue, you must turn on the allow_execheap
>    boolean.  Note: This boolean will affect all applications on the system.
>
>    The following command will allow this access:
>    setsebool -P allow_execheap=1
>
>Additional Information        
>
>Source Context                user_u:system_r:unconfined_t
>Target Context                user_u:system_r:unconfined_t
>Target Objects                None [ process ]
>Affected RPM Packages         pidgin-2.1.0-1.fc7 [application]
>Policy RPM                    
>Selinux Enabled               True
>Policy Type                   targeted
>MLS Enabled                   True
>Enforcing Mode                Permissive
>Plugin Name                   plugins.allow_execheap
>Host Name                     phoenix.mdeggers.org
>Platform                      Linux phoenix.mdeggers.org 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 #1
>                              SMP Tue Jun 12 15:37:31 EDT 2007 i686 i686
>Alert Count                   1
>First Seen                    Sat 11 Aug 2007 02:04:54 PM PDT
>Last Seen                     Sat 11 Aug 2007 02:04:54 PM PDT
>Local ID                      082cf9e3-b913-4e30-8503-a57be6128815
>Line Numbers                  
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>Raw Audit Messages            
>
>avc: denied { execheap } for comm="pidgin" egid=500 euid=500
>exe="/usr/bin/pidgin" exit=0 fsgid=500 fsuid=500 gid=500 items=0 pid=11823
>scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 sgid=500
>subj=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 suid=500 tclass=process
>tcontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=500
>

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