[CentOS] Type enforcement / mechanism not clear

Sun Sep 9 14:19:02 UTC 2018
Daniel Walsh <dwalsh at redhat.com>

On 09/09/2018 09:43 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:
> Am 09.09.2018 um 14:49 schrieb Daniel Walsh <dwalsh at redhat.com>:
>> On 09/08/2018 09:50 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:
>>> Any SElinux expert here - briefly:
>>>
>>> # getenforce
>>> Enforcing
>>>
>>> # sesearch -ACR -s httpd_t  -c file -p read |grep system_conf_t
>>> <no output>
>>>
>>> # sesearch -ACR -s httpd_t  -c file -p read |grep syslog_conf_t
>>> <no output>
>>>
>>> # ls -laZ /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/rsyslog.conf
>>> -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:syslog_conf_t:s0 /etc/rsyslog.conf
>>> -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:system_conf_t:s0 /etc/sysctl.conf
>>>
>>> # ausearch -m avc --start recent
>>> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1536457230.922:85): arch=c000003e syscall=6 success=no exit=-13 a0=7fff6460dcf0 a1=7fff6460dbe0 a2=7fff6460dbe0 a3=11 items=0 ppid=1362 pid=1364 auid=4294967295 uid=48 gid=48 euid=48 suid=48 fsuid=48 egid=48 sgid=48 fsgid=48 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="php-fpm" exe="/usr/sbin/php-fpm" subj=system_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 key=(null)
>>> type=AVC msg=audit(1536457230.922:85): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=1364 comm="php-fpm" path="/etc/rsyslog.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=138287 scontext=system_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:syslog_conf_t:s0 tclass=file
>>>
>>>
>>> My test PHP script can read /etc/sysctl.conf but not /etc/rsyslog.conf. For both
>>> no rule are found (sesearch above). So, why the script can read sysctl.conf?
>>>
>> Because almost no apache servers would normally be walking through /etc reading
>> configuration files.  Do you scripts actually need to read these config files?
>
>
> Normally, sure - but a malicious developer (or attacker) will do. So, I'm evaluating different
> approaches to secure our platform. Its possible to limit fs access in PHP but this comes with
> a massive performance penalty.
>
> Well, I do not want to discuss that all "etc_t" files can be read but why
> sysctl.conf with "system_conf_t" type can be read where it shouldn't??
>
> Any pointer would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> LF
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We allow apache and all domains to read all of what we define as 
base_ro_file_type types.

sesearch -A -s httpd_t -t system_conf_t -p read
allow domain base_ro_file_type:dir { getattr ioctl lock open read search };
allow domain base_ro_file_type:file { getattr ioctl lock open read };
allow domain base_ro_file_type:lnk_file { getattr read };
allow httpd_t base_ro_file_type:file { execute execute_no_trans getattr 
ioctl lock map open read };


The base_ro_file_types are files executables that we consider part of 
the OS.  So reading them should not reveal secrets.  If you feel that 
these files should not be part of the base_ro_files then we should open 
that for discussion.