postinst file uses sha1sum, eval, nobody, nogroup
Bug #1898803 reported by
Seth Arnold
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| google-android-installers (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hello, the postinst file and Makefile use unsafe tools as part of installing an external package:
- use of eval in the Makefile on data from the fetched remote archive. This does come after the checksum is checked, so it's not world-burning, but it's poor form.
- The checksum used is sha1sum, which is no longer suitable for use for software integrity when retrieved over the public internet.
- The user nobody and the group nogroup are used incorrectly. This user and this group are reserved for NFS use and should not be used in other contexts.
Thanks
Revision history for this message
| Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | added: community-security |
| Changed in google-android-ndk-installer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| bastif (bastif) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in google-android-installers (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
Revision history for this message
| bastif (bastif) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in google-android-installers (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
| no longer affects: | google-android-installers (Ubuntu) |
| affects: | google-android-ndk-installer (Ubuntu) → google-android-installers (Ubuntu) |
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