[Bug 810946] Re: dhclient should drop capabilities

2012-06-26 Thread Stéphane Graber
Based on Marc's review, I won't be including this patch. The cost of maintaining that patch isn't justified by the close to non- existent added security. Our apparmor profile does a good job at restricting what dhclient can do in a much better way than this patch. As pointed out by Marc, the bina

[Bug 810946] Re: dhclient should drop capabilities

2012-06-26 Thread Marc Deslauriers
Our AppArmor profile for dhclient is a lot better than doing this: + capng_update(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE|CAPNG_PERMITTED, + CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE); // Drop this someday + capng_updatev(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE|CAPNG_PERMITTED, +

[Bug 810946] Re: dhclient should drop capabilities

2012-06-26 Thread Stéphane Graber
Subscribing the security team for review and opinions on: - the idea - patch quality - interactions with our apparmor -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810946 Title: dhclient should d

[Bug 810946] Re: dhclient should drop capabilities

2011-07-15 Thread Steve Beattie
** Changed in: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810946 Title: dh