[CentOS] CentOS 7, selinux and pop_port_t

Fri Feb 12 09:57:54 UTC 2021
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 12.02.21 um 04:27 schrieb H:
> I am muddling my way through learning selinux when installing a webapp with httpd as the webserver running CentOS 7. The app allows the user to send/receive mail etc but it seems that I have yet to allow access to imap port 993. So far it seems this is configured through pop_port_t but setsebool httpd_can_network_connect 1 does not include pop_port_t.
> 
> In the audit log I have:
> 
> type=AVC msg=audit(1613093671.415:155086): avc:  denied  { name_connect } for  pid=22431 comm="httpd" dest=993 scontext=system_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:pop_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket permissive=0
> 
> Yet, running the below
> 
> sesearch -A -s httpd_t -c tcp_socket -p name_connect -d -C
> 
> tells me
> 
> ET allow httpd_t pop_port_t : tcp_socket name_connect ; [ httpd_can_sendmail ]
> 
> I am obviously missing something. Does anyone know how to enable access to pop_port_t?
> 


setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail on

-P > persistent across reboots

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Leon