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Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack

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 ❦ 12 August 2021 11:38 +05, Andrey Rahmatullin:

>> >> I just ran across this article
>> >> https://blog.ikuamike.io/posts/2021/package_managers_privesc/ I tested
>> >> the attacks on Debian 11 and they work successfully giving me a root
>> >> shell prompt.
>> > I don't think calling this "privilege escalation" or "attack" is correct.
>> > The premise of the post is "the user should not be a root/admin user but
>> > has been assigned sudo permissions to run the package manager" and one
>> > doesn't really need a long article to prove that it's not secure.
>> 
>> I think the article is interesting nonetheless. Some people may think
>> that granting sudo on apt is OK. 
> Some people may think granting sudo to vim is OK, but we need to educate
> in general that some programs can run other programs, and so restricted
> sudo is not as restricted as it sounds.

That's the point of the article, isn't it? Your example is how I got
fast-forwarded admin when I was at school/uni. So, it's unlikely to
change.
-- 
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed
down-stairs a step at a time.
		-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

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Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2021-08-12 05:40 +0200
  Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Brian Thompson <brian@hashvault.io> - 2021-08-12 06:00 +0200
    Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 07:50 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Brian Thompson <brian@hashvault.io> - 2021-08-12 08:20 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 08:30 +0200
          Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 15:00 +0200
  Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 07:40 +0200
    Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 08:40 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 08:40 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 09:00 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-08-12 10:40 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 11:20 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 11:20 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2021-08-12 13:50 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> - 2021-08-12 14:40 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 14:50 +0200
  Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> - 2021-08-12 07:40 +0200
    Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 08:20 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Brian Thompson <brian@hashvault.io> - 2021-08-12 08:30 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 08:40 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-12 12:30 +0200
          Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 13:50 +0200
            Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2021-08-12 18:00 +0200
              Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 20:10 +0200
                Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2021-08-12 21:10 +0200
    Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Brian Thompson <brian@hashvault.io> - 2021-08-12 08:20 +0200
      Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2021-08-12 15:20 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2021-08-12 18:10 +0200
        Re: Debian package manager privilege escalation attack Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> - 2021-08-16 16:50 +0200

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