Re: apache_content_template

[Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>]

Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus wrote:
> I wanted to fix a problem with awstats and httpd_t but I ran into a
> problem and just wanted to hear some other ideas.
>
> Awstats uses the apache content template:
> apache_content_template(awstats)
>
> And a few awstats icons are labeled as httpd_awstats_content_t. When the
> awstats CGI script is executed it generates a HTML file which includes
> links to these icons. As soon as the httpd receives a query from the
> client to download these icons an AVC is generated and the request is
> denied. To allow this I would have to include a rule like:
>
> allow httpd_t httpd_awstats_content_t:dir getattr;
> allow httpd_t httpd_awstats_content_t:file { getattr read };
>
> But then I would have to write a require statement for my awstats module
> to include the type httpd_t as a dependency. While reading the apache.te
> file I recognized three lines:
>
> allow httpd_t httpd_sys_content_t:dir list_dir_perms;
> read_files_pattern(httpd_t,httpd_sys_content_t,httpd_sys_content_t)
> read_lnk_files_pattern(httpd_t,httpd_sys_content_t,httpd_sys_content_t)
>
> Why aren't these ones included in the apache_content_template like these
> ones:
>
> allow httpd_t httpd_$1_content_t:dir list_dir_perms;
> read_files_pattern(httpd_t,httpd_$1_content_t,httpd_$1_content_t)
> read_lnk_files_pattern(httpd_t,httpd_$1_content_t,httpd_$1_content_t)
>
> This would solve my problem with awstats and what my interpretation of
> the httpd_$1_content_t type is that only these files should be red by
> the httpd_t directly. I think other ones will run into the same problem
> too.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
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Making that change would eliminate any possibility  of separation of cgi 
data from php data.  IE If I only want my cgi scrips/processes to be 
able to read my data, it ie easy to do now.  But with your change, any 
script that does not cause a transition can now access my data.

I would prefer an

apache_can_read(httpd_awstats_content_t)

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