Miroslav Lachman
2021-Apr-06 14:39 UTC
Security leak: Public disclosure of user data without their consent by installing software via pkg
On 06/04/2021 16:27, Shawn Webb wrote:> 1. BSDStats isn't run/maintained by the FreeBSD project. File the > report with the BSDStats project, not FreeBSD. > 2. You install a package that is made to submit statistical data. > 3. You're upset that it submits statistical data?The problem here is that it collects and sends data right at the install time. It is really unexpected to run installed package without user consent. If you install Apache, MySQL or any other package the command / daemon is no run by "pkg install" command. This must be avoided. Kind regards Miroslav Lachman
Shawn Webb
2021-Apr-06 14:42 UTC
Security leak: Public disclosure of user data without their consent by installing software via pkg
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:39:40PM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote:> On 06/04/2021 16:27, Shawn Webb wrote: > > > 1. BSDStats isn't run/maintained by the FreeBSD project. File the > > report with the BSDStats project, not FreeBSD. > > 2. You install a package that is made to submit statistical data. > > 3. You're upset that it submits statistical data? > > The problem here is that it collects and sends data right at the install > time. It is really unexpected to run installed package without user consent. > If you install Apache, MySQL or any other package the command / daemon is no > run by "pkg install" command. > This must be avoided.It's probably easier to submit a patch than it is to write a lolwut-type email. All you gotta do is rm the post-install script. Also `pkg install` has the -I option. But whatever, let the lolwut mentality prevail! -- Shawn Webb Cofounder / Security Engineer HardenedBSD https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/attachments/20210406/851f268b/attachment.sig>