[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release wireshark-1.8.4-2.mga3

Mon Dec 17 16:13:23 CET 2012

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:57:13 +0000
+Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+
+> 'Twas brillig, and Olivier Blin at 17/12/12 09:55 did gyre and gimble:
+> > wally <buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org> writes:
+> > 
+> >> Name        : wireshark                    Relocations: (not
+> >> relocatable) Version     : 1.8.4
+> >> Vendor: Mageia.Org Release     : 2.mga3
+> >> Build Date: Sat Dec  1 17:48:14 2012 Install Date: (not
+> >> installed)               Build Host: jonund.mageia.org
+> >> Group       : Monitoring                    Source RPM: (none)
+> >> Size        : 24192404                         License: GPLv2+ and
+> >> GPLv3 Signature   : (none) Packager    : wally <wally>
+> >> URL         : http://www.wireshark.org
+> >> Summary     : Network traffic analyzer
+> >> Description :
+> >> Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating
+> >> systems. It is based on GTK+, a graphical user interface library,
+> >> and libpcap, a packet capture and filtering library.
+> >>
+> >> wally <wally> 1.8.4-2.mga3:
+> >> + Revision: 324195
+> >> - install dumpcap setuid root as upstream suggests (to allow to
+> >> start wireshark as normal user)
+> >> - drop run-as-root hacks
+> > 
+> > Hi,
+> > 
+> > It seems you introduced a security flaw: now all users are able to
+> > capture the network traffic.
+> > 
+> > This should be reverted, or restrictions should be added (maybe by
+> > making consolekit add acls if possible).
+> 
+> Perhaps only make it only work for users in the wheel group?
+> 
+
+Ah, yes. Didn't think that much. :\
+
+As Colin suggested we could "chgrp wheel /usr/bin/dumpcap && chmod
+4750 /usr/bin/dumpcap". Or we could create wireshark group for it and
+do the same.
+
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