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
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: cups
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
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Reported: 2005-09-12 10:15 UTC by Russell Coker
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-09-13 09:35:27 UTC

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Description Russell Coker 2005-09-12 10:15:16 UTC 
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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. 

Additional info:
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2005-09-12 10:31:37 UTC 
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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