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Date:      Sat, 26 Apr 2014 06:16:29 -0400
From:      Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net>
To:        Joe Parsons <jp4314@outlook.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: am I NOT hacked?
Message-ID:  <40252ED1-CB5C-4A4D-B0B8-C3E9AFCDD3C2@dataix.net>
In-Reply-To: <BAY180-W44C86C61CA8027AC418DD8C4450@phx.gbl>
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Excuse me but there is nothing about the information you have provided that c=
ould or would suggest that you have or have not been hacked. There is not a w=
ay from the very little information that you have provided to diagnose that a=
nd doesn't seem that you have covered all the avenues possible to even detec=
t an unwanted change in your systems.

For the least part yes FreeBSD does store the passwd info in a database. You=
 could have skipped running vipw(8) and just run pw_mkdb /etc/master.passwd t=
o resolve that problem. Its common knowledge.

To solve the hacked or not hacked problem you should take the steps to creat=
e a new clean system and migrate your data but j doubt this list is a justif=
ied medium to discuss all the possible avenues that you would have to cover o=
n a possibly compromised system.

Clean fresh system and start from there.

Good luck=20

--=20
 Jason Hellenthal
 Voice: 95.30.17.6/616
 JJH48-ARIN

> On Apr 26, 2014, at 5:55, Joe Parsons <jp4314@outlook.com> wrote:
>=20
> I was slow to patch my multiple vms after that heartbleed disclosure.  I j=
ust managed to upgrade these systems to 9.2, and installed the patched opens=
sl, then started changing passwords for root and other shell users.  However=
 I realized that, only the root password was changed.  For other users, even=
 though the "passwd userid" issued no warning, and "echo $?" is 0, the passw=
ord is NOT changed.
>=20
> For more debugging, I tried to "adduser", the command was successful, and I=
 can see the new entry "test" in /etc/passwd. However "finger test" complain=
s no such user!  Also, "rm test" complains there is no such user to delete a=
s well.
>=20
> Furthermore, the mail server got problem sending email, the log file said t=
here is no such user "postfix", and sure enough:
>=20
> # finger postfix
> finger: postfix: no such user
>=20
> while this "postfix" user certainly existed for years, and I can see see i=
ts entry in /etc/passwd.
>=20
> This appeared to all the multiple vms on multiple hosts, all running FreeB=
SD 9.2 now.
>=20
> I was paranoid, I really should have patched all these systems immediately=
 reading that heartbleed news, as all these servers had the vulnerable opens=
sl port installed!
>=20
> Until googling and I found this:=20
>=20
> https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?&t=3D29644
>=20
> it said "The user accounts are actually stored in a database. It's possibl=
e it got out of sync with your [file]/etc/passwd[/file] file.", and it sugge=
sted running "vipw" to fix it.
>=20
> I ran vipw, then saved, and quit.  No joy.  Then ran vipw again, made a ch=
ange, then undid the change, save again.  Now "finger postfix" found the use=
r, and I can change user password now, and all the above problem disappeared=
.
>=20
> Am I right that, that I am NOT hacked?  Is the above problem produced by t=
he freebsd-update process?  Is this supposed to happen?  I just followed the=
 handbook to update from 9.1-RELEASE to 9.2-RELEASE, never compiled kernel o=
r tweak.
>=20
> Thank you!  Joe
>                        =20
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