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Slackware 9.0 : quotacheck security fix in rc.M (SSA:2003-141-06)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18720

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in /etc/rc.d/rc.M. The original version of rc.M calls quotacheck like this: echo 'Checking filesystem quotas:
/sbin/quotacheck -avugM' /sbin/quotacheck -avugM The 'M' option is wrong. This causes the filesystem to be remounted, and in the process any mount flags such as nosuid, nodev, noexec, and the like, will be reset. The correct option to use here is 'm', which does not attempt to remount the partition: echo 'Checking filesystem quotas:
/sbin/quotacheck -avugm' /sbin/quotacheck -avugm We recommend sites using file system quotas upgrade to this new package, or edit /etc/rc.d/rc.M accordingly.

Solution

Update the affected sysvinit package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bb5f6293

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7efd86b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18720

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2003-141-06.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:sysvinit, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2003

Reference Information

SSA: 2003-141-06