Bug 558987

Summary:

SELinux is preventing certwatch (certwatch_t) "write" to ./cache (var_t).

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by certwatch. It is not expected that this
access is required by certwatch and this access may signal an intrusion attempt.
It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the
application is causing it to require additional access.

Allowing Access:

Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore
the default system file context for ./cache,

restorecon -v './cache'

If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access.
Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable
SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended.
Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
against this package.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:certwatch_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:var_t:s0
Target Objects                ./cache [ dir ]
Source                        certwatch
Source Path                   /usr/bin/certwatch
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           crypto-utils-2.4.1-2
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.5.13-18.fc10
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall_file
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 #1
                              SMP Tue Nov 18 11:58:53 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Thu 26 Feb 2009 02:28:05 SAST
Last Seen                     Thu 26 Feb 2009 04:09:36 SAST
Local ID                      05e3e62b-dd5e-467d-bc92-506fd5b65228
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1235614176.532:40): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=21234 comm="certwatch" name="cache" dev=sda6 ino=3178507 scontext=system_u:system_r:certwatch_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1235614176.532:40): arch=c000003e syscall=83 success=no exit=-13 a0=84641f a1=3ff a2=0 a3=7fffabfb6380 items=0 ppid=21228 pid=21234 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="certwatch" exe="/usr/bin/certwatch" subj=system_u:system_r:certwatch_t:s0 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.5.13-18.fc10,catchall_file,certwatch,certwatch_t,var_t,dir,write
audit2allow suggests:

#============= certwatch_t ==============
#!!!! This avc is allowed in the current policy

allow certwatch_t var_t:dir write;