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Date:      Sun, 4 Aug 2002 05:10:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.de>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/41309: security check scripts do not delete temporary files when disabled
Message-ID:  <200208041210.g74CAha1073392@www.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         41309
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       security check scripts do not delete temporary files when disabled
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 04 05:20:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Oliver Eikemeier
>Release:        4.6-STABLE
>Organization:
Fillmore Labs <http://www.fillmore-labs.com>;
>Environment:
FreeBSD cvs.fillmore-labs.com 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #2: Sat Aug  3 13:28:06 CEST 2002     root@lima.fillmore-labs.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIMA  i386     
>Description:
The default security check scripts
 100.chksetuid
 200.chkmounts
 500.ipfwdenied
 550.ipfwlimit
 600.ip6fwdenied
 650.ip6fwlimit
 700.kernelmsg
(all in /etc/periodic/security)
create a temporary file with ' /tmp/security.XXXXXXXXXX', but delete them only when they are enabled. This is especially annoying in a jail, where you have to disable some.
>How-To-Repeat:
set
daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable="NO"
daily_status_security_chkmounts_enable="NO"
daily_status_security_noamd="NO"
daily_status_security_nomfs="NO"
daily_status_security_ipfwdenied_enable="NO"
daily_status_security_ipfwlimit_enable="NO"
daily_status_security_ip6fwdenied_enable="NO"
daily_status_security_ip6fwlimit_enable="NO"
daily_status_security_kernelmsg_enable="NO"
in /etc/periodic.conf, wait 24 hours...     
>Fix:
workaround: set daily_clean_tmps_enable="NO" in periodic.conf

fix: change the scripts that the files are only created when needed.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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