From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.8 [en] (WinNT; U) Description of problem: Mgetty 1.1.29 was just released, and fixes a security issue in faxspool/faxrunqd. Here is the release announcement: I have just released mgetty+sendfax 1.1.29. It contains a couple of new features, bug fixes, and a massive rewrite of the way the fax queue (/var/spool/fax/ and /var/spool/fax/outgoing/) is accessed. New features: * many error messages clarified * the caller's name (Caller ID) is now exported to external scripts as $CALLER_NAME * voice/ has support for DLE shielding of long DTMF tones * voice/ has support for 16 bit linear audio on V.253 modems * lots of documentation work Security fixes / concept changes: * it's now possible to run faxrunq/faxrunqd (and thus sendfax) as non-root user * fax spool directories are no longer world-writeable, access is done via a suid helper program (suid to a special user ID, "fax") * possible buffer overrun when calling cnd-program (if CallerName is too long) * $CALLER_ID, $CALLER_NAME and so on are sanitized before passing to shell (all quote characters and all non-printable characters are replaced by " ") Bug fixes: * "caller name = CONNECTICUT" is now handled correctly, and not mistaken for "CONNECT" any more * faxrunqd sometimes didn't obey job priority settings if combining multiple jobs to the same destination * some timing problems in sending ATE0 to voice modems on fast computers Who should upgrade? * everbody who is using faxspool/faxrunq on a machine that is shared with other users that are not 100 per cent trustworthy * vgetty users with V.253 modems Distribution vendors: - I strongly urge you to upgrade to 1.1.29 - older versions are NOT safe if there are malicious users on the system and faxrunq/faxrunqd are in use. - The fax queue handling (faxspool, faxq-helper) needs a new user ID now ("fax") which MUST own the fax queue directories and SHOULD NOT own anything else. The user ID is configured in the Makefile. - faxrunq/faxrunqd can run as user "fax", but in that case the user needs access to the modem devices (via his primary group id). Watch out for log file access permissions if this is used! If anything is unclear, *please* talk to me before rolling out updated packages that might break things in funny ways. gert -- USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW! //www.muc.de/~gert/ Gert Doering - Munich, Germany gert.de fax: +49-89-35655025 gert.doering.de Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. use faxspool/faxrunqd from mgetty < 1.1.29 2. 3. Actual Results: FAX spool directories are world writable Expected Results: Non world writable directories. Additional info:
An errata 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/RHSA-2003-036.html