Bug 15454

Summary:	incorrect setuid management
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	mal
Component:	linuxconf	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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Version:	7.0	Keywords:	Security
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Description mal 2000-08-05 02:31:49 UTC

linuxconf is trying to do some permission management
on files which do not belong to the  packages the module 
was designed for.
Example: 
if sendmail is removed and another mail transport agent is installed 
linuxconf is still trying to set setuid bit on execution 
for /usr/lib/sendmail , even this file 
now suppose NOT TO HAVE setuid on execution bit. set.

Linuxconf should be modified in such way that
if sendmail package is not install  - do not manage 
any permissions on sendmail files at al.

Same thing with the other sendmail modules.
If linuxconf module suppose to manage 
package A then do not touch any files 
if package A is not installed, even if some of files
have the same names as ones from package A.

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-08-30 18:24:25 UTC

Fixed in linuxconf-1.19r2-4.  Linuxconf will no longer attempt to set
permissions on /usr/sbin/sendmail, but I believe that the MTA should not be
providing a binary with this name.

Comment 2 mal 2000-08-30 19:52:16 UTC

Every MTA (EXIM,QMAIL,SMAIL) provides a binary file
/usr/sbin/sendmail
for compatibility with sendmail.

If they do not do this many programs
(such as mailx, pine. etc)
will stop working because they have the have
/usr/sbin/sendmail
hardcoded as mail transport agent.