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Bug 176324

Summary: Logwatch http regex period escaping
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Dan Collis-Puro <dan>
Component: logwatchAssignee: Ivana Varekova <varekova>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2006-0631 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Dan Collis-Puro 2005-12-21 14:20:14 UTC 
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Description of problem:
In the @exploits array, patterns similar to "/../../../" do not have the periods escaped. I assume these patterns are to catch directory traversal attacks. 

Because the periods aren't escaped, the bare "." matches any single character, meaning perfectly valid URLs like "/4f/34/sd/" are getting caught as exploits.

All periods in @exploits should be escaped with a backslash.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
logwatch-5.2.2-1.EL4.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Request a url with characters like "/sf/34/sd/" (or others) in it.
2. Look at your logwatch http report.
  

Actual Results:  The valid url got caught as an exploit.

Expected Results:  Nothing. It's not an attempted exploit.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Ivana Varekova 2005-12-22 09:31:38 UTC 
Created attachment 122518 [details]
proposed patch

Thank you for your notice. The attached patch fixes this problem.
Comment 2 Dan Collis-Puro 2005-12-22 14:12:26 UTC 
Excellent, that fixes the directory traversal patterns. 

BUT- every period on every pattern in the @exploits array should be escaped to
be thorough- "cmd.exe" probably isn't meant to match "cmd4exe", "cmdtexe" or
"cmd/exe", all of which would get matched because the period on the "cmd.exe"
pattern isn't escaped.
Comment 3 Ivana Varekova 2005-12-23 08:45:01 UTC 
Created attachment 122556 [details]
proposed patch (including the patch against problem described in comment 2)

Thank you. The attached patch fixes problem desrcibed in comment 2 too.
Comment 10 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-09-06 13:54:04 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0631.html