Bug 716621

Summary: Removing setuid from suexec breaks mod_suexec
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Noah Petherbridge <root>
Component: httpdAssignee: Jan Kaluža <jkaluza>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: jkaluza, jorton, pahan
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Fixed In Version: httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Noah Petherbridge 2011-06-25 16:42:04 UTC 
Description of problem:

One of Fedora 15's features was to start moving away from having the suid permission on executables and use a more secure system instead. However, this breaks mod_suexec in httpd because it needs the suid permission on /usr/sbin/suexec. The default permissions (0510) on this application don't work, and so mod_suexec doesn't work on the server.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

httpd-2.2.17-10.fc15.1.i686

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install httpd, enable suexec by loading the module and adding SuexecUserGroup to a VirtualHost.
2. Make a test Perl script that simply prints the output of `id`
3. Test it. `id` will say the apache user is running.
4. chmod 4510 /usr/sbin/suexec and test again. `id` will say the user who owns the file is running.
  
Actual results:

Unless you add the setuid bit to suexec yourself, suexec doesn't work and the apache user runs your CGI scripts.

Expected results:

suexec should work without changing permissions.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2011-07-20 09:45:31 UTC 
httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-07-22 19:34:36 UTC 
Package httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 3 Noah Petherbridge 2011-07-23 14:14:24 UTC 
Yes, httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15 fixes the problem. :) Cheers!
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-08-18 02:38:41 UTC 
httpd-2.2.19-2.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.