Bug 168085 – It is not desirable for a daemon to create a directory under /var/cache. The package should provide such directories

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Bug 168085 - It is not desirable for a daemon to create a directory under /var/cache. The package should provide such directories

Summary:	It is not desirable for a daemon to create a directory under /var/cache. The...

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	cups (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Tim Waugh
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Reported:	2005-09-12 06:15 EDT by Russell Coker
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Fixed In Version:	3.0.2-27
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Last Closed:	2005-09-13 05:35:27 EDT
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Description Russell Coker 2005-09-12 06:15:16 EDT

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Description of problem:
cupsd in some situations will create the directory /var/cache/foomatic. 
 
For security reasins it's preferable if we can deny such access, if we have 
two daemons permitted to create such directories then if one was compromised 
then it could be used for a trivial DOS attack against the other. 
 
If the package provides the directory /var/cache/foomatic then SE Linux rules 
can deny the creation of such directories. 

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Cause XML files in /usr/share/foomatic/db to be read. 

Actual Results:  Daemon attempted to create the directory in question and SE Linux denied it. 

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Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2005-09-12 06:31:37 EDT

It's nothing to do with cupsd.  system-config-printer creates this directory.

I've made the change in foomatic.spec.  Fixed in CVS.

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