Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 12:23:56 +0200 (CEST) From: rob@debank.tv To: "Oliver Eikemeier" <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/clamav-devel [...] pkg-install [...] Message-ID: <61184.193.79.18.58.1085480636.squirrel@debank.tv> In-Reply-To: <40B31D4A.5080607@fillmore-labs.com> References: <200405242302.i4ON2NcJ063759@repoman.freebsd.org> <ygehdu4ubgm.wl%ume@FreeBSD.org> <52001.193.79.18.58.1085477488.squirrel@debank.tv> <40B3167F.8060509@fillmore-labs.com> <50813.193.79.18.58.1085479430.squirrel@debank.tv> <40B31D4A.5080607@fillmore-labs.com>
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> rob@debank.tv wrote: --8<---- snipped --8<---- >>>I still don't get the purpose of not allowing non-root processes >>>to use clamav. This would break my exim installation, fortunately >>>I'm using security/clamav, where this change hasn't been made. >>> >>>-Oliver >> >> Isn't there a security risk allowing every user to read the clamd socket >> ? >> (that's why I made this change). > > None that I would be aware of. Of course local users could run a > denial-of-service > attack using clamdscan, but I don't think this is an adequate counter > measure. > > What made you think that having every user being able to read the clamd > socket is a security risk? > > -Oliver > Doesn't the scanned e-mail pass through the socket allowing every user to read all scanned e-mails ? (I could be very wrong here) Rob
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