Bug 1664648 - tcpdump %post creates user and groups unconditionally, raising alerts in corporate environment
Summary: tcpdump %post creates user and groups unconditionally, raising alerts in corp...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tcpdump
Version: 7.7
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Michal Ruprich
QA Contact: Robin Hack
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-01-09 11:39 UTC by Andreas Bleischwitz
Modified: 2019-08-06 13:18 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: tcpdump-4.9.2-4.el7
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 13:18:54 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2342 0 None None None 2019-08-06 13:18:55 UTC

Description Andreas Bleischwitz 2019-01-09 11:39:09 UTC
Description of problem:
The current version of tcpdump unconditionally creates a user and a group during upgrade, which triggers alerts in corporate SIEM environments.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tcpdump-4.9.2-3.el7.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade tpcdump from previous installation while having auditing enabled
2. 
3.

Actual results:
/var/log/audit/audit.log (and therefore a remote SIEM system) reports:
type=ADD_GROUP msg=audit(1547033150.379:79791): pid=6469 uid=0 auid=0 ses=3832 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=add-group acct="tcpdump" exe="/usr/sbin/groupadd" hostname=host.example.com addr=? terminal=pts/0 res=failed'
type=ADD_USER msg=audit(1547033233.280:79798): pid=7841 uid=0 auid=0 ses=3832 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=add-user acct="tcpdump" exe="/usr/sbin/useradd" hostname=host.example.com addr=? terminal=pts/0 res=failed'


Expected results:
No reports on already existing user and groups

Additional info:
The %post section of the RPM unconditionally creates user and group:

# rpm -q --scripts tcpdump
preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 72 tcpdump 2> /dev/null
/usr/sbin/useradd -u 72 -g 72 -s /sbin/nologin -M -r \
	-d / tcpdump 2> /dev/null
exit 0

Adding a "getent passwd tcpdump >/dev/null" or "getent group tcpdump >/dev/null" including a conditional || would prevent the creation of already existing users/groups.

/usr/bin/getent group tcpdump >/dev/null || /usr/sbin/groupadd \
        -g 72 tcpdump 2> /dev/null
/usr/bin/getent passwd tcpdump >/dev/null || /usr/sbin/useradd \
        -u 72 -g 72 -s /sbin/nologin -M -r \
	-d / tcpdump 2> /dev/null
exit 0

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 13:18:54 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2342


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