Package: nscd
Version: 2.1.3-6
Severity: normal
Hello,
There are two small bugs in nscd preventing it to switch back to uid=root
when running in secure mode. Patch follows.
Gabor Gombas
==============================================================================
--- glibc-2.1.3/nscd/hstcache.c.orig Thu Mar 9 22:08:07 2000
+++ glibc-2.1.3/nscd/hstcache.c Thu Mar 9 22:08:33 2000
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
}
if (secure[hstdb])
- seteuid (uid);
+ seteuid (oldeuid);
cache_addhst (db, fd, req, key, hst, uid);
}
--- glibc-2.1.3/nscd/pwdcache.c.orig Thu Mar 9 22:06:36 2000
+++ glibc-2.1.3/nscd/pwdcache.c Thu Mar 9 22:07:06 2000
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
}
if (secure[pwddb])
- seteuid (c_uid);
+ seteuid (oldeuid);
cache_addpw (db, fd, req, key, pwd, c_uid);
}
==============================================================================
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux babel 2.2.13 #1 SMP Tue Dec 28 21:50:02 CET 1999 i686
unknown
Versions of the packages nscd depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.3-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
--- Begin /etc/init.d/nscd (modified conffile)
#!/bin/sh
#
#
[ -f /etc/nscd.conf ] || exit 0
[ -x /usr/sbin/nscd ] || exit 0
case $(uname -r) in
2.[2-9].*)
# this is okay
;;
[3-9]*)
# these are of course also okay
;;
*)
#this is not
exit 0
;;
esac
RETVAL=0
case "$1" in
start)
secure="-S passwd,yes -S group,yes"
echo -n "Starting Name Service Cache Daemon: "
echo "nscd."
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/nscd -- $secure
RETVAL=$?
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: "
echo nscd.
/usr/sbin/nscd -K
RETVAL=$?
;;
reload)
echo "Reloading Name Service Cache Daemon configuration."
start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --oknodo --exec
/usr/sbin/nscd
RETVAL=$?
;;
force-reload)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
restart)
$0 force-reload
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/nscd {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart}"
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL
--- End /etc/init.d/nscd
