[Fedora-packaging] Have secure by default permissions for configuration and log files

[Kurt Seifried]

https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/543

Have secure by default permissions for configuration and log files
[edit] Proposed change

All configuration files (e.g. files in /etc/) and all log files (e.g.
files in /var/log/) must not be set world-readable unless there is a
functional reason to do so. By default, configuration files should be
chmod 600 or 0640 and log files should be chmod 0600. This is due to a
continuing number of security issues with world readable files that
contain sensitive information (e.g. passwords and access tokens or
logged usernames and commands for example).

Some examples:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=configuration+file+permis...

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=log+file+permissions

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kurtseifried/secure_config_and_log_permiss...

Thanks!

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Kurt Seifried -- Red Hat -- Product Security -- Cloud
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