Bug 565832

Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/perl "write" access on
/etc/logwatch/scripts/services.

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by perl. It is not expected that this access is
required by perl 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:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug
report.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0
Target Objects                /etc/logwatch/scripts/services [ dir ]
Source                        perl
Source Path                   /usr/bin/perl
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           perl-5.10.0-87.fc12
Target RPM Packages           logwatch-7.3.6-49.fc12
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-84.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 18
                              19:52:07 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   1
First Seen                    Tue 16 Feb 2010 09:43:04 AM CET
Last Seen                     Tue 16 Feb 2010 09:43:04 AM CET
Local ID                      68b5b4d3-5f11-4053-81dd-da38d57322c4
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1266309784.333:28711): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=3432 comm="perl" name="services" dev=dm-1 ino=17405 scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1266309784.333:28711): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=c0cfb8 a1=241 a2=1b6 a3=7fac0e9ca920 items=0 ppid=3429 pid=3432 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=2 comm="perl" exe="/usr/bin/perl" subj=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  catchall,perl,logwatch_t,etc_t,dir,write
audit2allow suggests:

#============= logwatch_t ==============
#!!!! The source type 'logwatch_t' can write to a 'dir' of the following types:
# var_lock_t, tmp_t, logwatch_cache_t, logwatch_tmp_t

allow logwatch_t etc_t:dir write;