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tinyproxy world writable logfile

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Description

Maintainer: @jow-
Environment:
DISTRIB_ID='OpenWrt'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='SNAPSHOT'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r15520-54bfebdca0'
DISTRIB_TARGET='ipq40xx/generic'
DISTRIB_ARCH='arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r15520-54bfebdca0'
DISTRIB_TAINTS='no-all busybox'

Description:
/etc/init.d/tinyproxy creates /var/log/tinyproxy.log with mode 666 (world writable)

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Research direction

Start with the /etc/init.d/tinyproxy entry point and inspect how it creates /var/log/tinyproxy.log. Change the log file permissions so it is not world writable, then verify the resulting mode in an OpenWrt environment or relevant package test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, shell
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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