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>5.6. Bugzilla Security</H1
><DIV
CLASS="warning"
><P
></P
><TABLE
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><P
>Poorly-configured MySQL and Bugzilla installations have
      given attackers full access to systems in the past. Please take these
      guidelines seriously, even for Bugzilla machines hidden away behind
      your firewall. 80% of all computer trespassers are insiders, not
      anonymous crackers.</P
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><P
>These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague since
      Bugzilla runs on so many different platforms. If you have refinements
      of these directions, please submit a bug to <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation"
TARGET="_top"
>Bugzilla Documentation</A
>.
      </P
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><TD
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><P
>This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of every possible
      security issue regarding the tools mentioned in this section. There is
      no subsitute for reading the information written by the authors of any
      software running on your system.
      </P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="section"
><H2
CLASS="section"
><A
NAME="security-networking"
></A
>5.6.1. TCP/IP Ports</H2
><P
>TCP/IP defines 65,000 some ports for trafic. Of those, Bugzilla
      only needs 1... 2 if you need to use features that require e-mail such
      as bug moving or the e-mail interface from contrib. You should audit
      your server and make sure that you aren't listening on any ports you
      don't need to be. You may also wish to use some kind of firewall
      software to be sure that trafic can only be recieved on ports you
      specify.
      </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="section"
><H2
CLASS="section"
><A
NAME="security-mysql"
></A
>5.6.2. MySQL</H2
><P
>MySQL ships by default with many settings that should be changed.
      By defaults it allows anybody to connect from localhost without a
      password and have full administrative capabilities. It also defaults to
      not have a root password (this is <EM
>not</EM
> the same as
      the system root). Also, many installations default to running
      <SPAN
CLASS="application"
>mysqld</SPAN
> as the system root.
      </P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>Consult the documentation that came with your system for
          information on making <SPAN
CLASS="application"
>mysqld</SPAN
> run as an
          unprivleged user.
          </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>You should also be sure to disable the anonymous user account
          and set a password for the root user. This is accomplished using the
          following commands:
          </P
><TABLE
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><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13;<TT
CLASS="prompt"
>bash$</TT
> mysql mysql
<TT
CLASS="prompt"
>mysql&#62;</TT
> DELETE FROM user WHERE user = '';
<TT
CLASS="prompt"
>mysql&#62;</TT
> UPDATE user SET password = password('<TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>new_password</I
></TT
>') WHERE user = 'root';
<TT
CLASS="prompt"
>mysql&#62;</TT
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
          </PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
>From this point forward you will need to use
          <B
CLASS="command"
>mysql -u root -p</B
> and enter
          <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>new_password</I
></TT
> when prompted when using the
          mysql client.
          </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>If you run MySQL on the same machine as your httpd server, you
          should consider disabling networking from within MySQL by adding
          the following to your <TT
CLASS="filename"
>/etc/my.conf</TT
>:
          </P
><TABLE
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><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13;[myslqd]
# Prevent network access to MySQL.
skip-networking
          </PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></LI
><LI
><P
>You may also consider running MySQL, or even all of Bugzilla
          in a chroot jail; however, instructions for doing that are beyond
          the scope of this document.
          </P
></LI
></OL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="section"
><H2
CLASS="section"
><A
NAME="security-daemon"
></A
>5.6.3. Daemon Accounts</H2
><P
>Many daemons, such as Apache's httpd and MySQL's mysqld default to
      running as either <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"root"</SPAN
> or <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"nobody"</SPAN
>. Running
      as <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"root"</SPAN
> introduces obvious security problems, but the
      problems introduced by running everything as <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"nobody"</SPAN
> may
      not be so obvious. Basically, if you're running every daemon as
      <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"nobody"</SPAN
> and one of them gets comprimised, they all get
      comprimised. For this reason it is recommended that you create a user
      account for each daemon.
      </P
><DIV
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><P
></P
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><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
>You will need to set the <TT
CLASS="varname"
>webservergroup</TT
> to
        the group you created for your webserver to run as in
        <TT
CLASS="filename"
>localconfig</TT
>. This will allow
        <B
CLASS="command"
>./checksetup.pl</B
> to better adjust the file
        permissions on your Bugzilla install so as to not require making
        anything world-writable.
        </P
></TD
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><DIV
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><H2
CLASS="section"
><A
NAME="security-access"
></A
>5.6.4. Web Server Access Controls</H2
><P
>There are many files that are placed in the Bugzilla directory
      area that should not be accessable from the web. Because of the way
      Bugzilla is currently layed out, the list of what should and should
      not be accessible is rather complicated. A new installation method
      is currently in the works which should solve this by allowing files
      that shouldn't be accessible from the web to be placed in directory
      outside the webroot. See 
      <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44659"
TARGET="_top"
>&#13;      bug 44659</A
> for more information.
      </P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>In the main Bugzilla directory, you should:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block:
              <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*.pl</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*localconfig*</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>runtests.sh</TT
>
              </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>But allow:
              <TT
CLASS="filename"
>localconfig.js</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>localconfig.rdf</TT
>
              </P
></LI
></UL
></LI
><LI
><P
>In <TT
CLASS="filename"
>data</TT
>:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block everything</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>But allow:
              <TT
CLASS="filename"
>duplicates.rdf</TT
>
              </P
></LI
></UL
></LI
><LI
><P
>In <TT
CLASS="filename"
>data/webdot</TT
>:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>If you use a remote webdot server:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block everything</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>But allow
                  <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*.dot</TT
>
                  only for the remote webdot server</P
></LI
></UL
></LI
><LI
><P
>Otherwise, if you use a local GraphViz:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block everything</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>But allow:
                  <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*.png</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*.gif</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*.jpg</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>*.map</TT
>
                  </P
></LI
></UL
></LI
><LI
><P
>And if you don't use any dot:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block everything</P
></LI
></UL
></LI
></UL
></LI
><LI
><P
>In <TT
CLASS="filename"
>Bugzilla</TT
>:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block everything</P
></LI
></UL
></LI
><LI
><P
>In <TT
CLASS="filename"
>template</TT
>:</P
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
><P
>Block everything</P
></LI
></UL
></LI
></UL
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></P
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><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
>Bugzilla ships with the ability to generate
        <TT
CLASS="filename"
>.htaccess</TT
> files instructing
        <A
HREF="glossary.html#gloss-apache"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Apache</I
></A
> which files
        should and should not be accessible. For more information, see
        <A
HREF="http.html#http-apache"
>Section 4.4.1</A
>.
        </P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
>You should test to make sure that the files mentioned above are
      not accessible from the Internet, especially your
      <TT
CLASS="filename"
>localconfig</TT
> file which contains your database
      password. To test, simply point your web browser at the file; for
      example, to test mozilla.org's installation, we'd try to access
      <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig"
TARGET="_top"
>http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig</A
>. You should
      get a <SPAN
CLASS="errorcode"
>403</SPAN
> <SPAN
CLASS="errorname"
>Forbidden</SPAN
>
      error.
      </P
><DIV
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></P
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HSPACE="5"
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><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
>Not following the instructions in this section, including
        testing, may result in sensitive information being globally
        accessible.
        </P
></TD
></TR
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><DIV
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><P
></P
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><P
>You should check <A
HREF="http.html"
>Section 4.4</A
> to see if instructions
        have been included for your web server. You should also compare those
        instructions with this list to make sure everything is properly
        accounted for.
        </P
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