[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#463989: avahi-autoipd is restricted by SELinux

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Package: avahi-autoipd
Version: 0.6.22-2
Severity: important

When using SELinux, avahi-autoipd doesn't work properly.


type=AVC msg=audit(1201966657.793:107): avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=6127 comm="avahi-autoipd" name="avahi-autoipd.action" dev=dm-2 ino=2836441 sconte
xt=system_u:system_r:dhcpc_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file
        Was caused by:
                Unknown - would be allowed by specified policy
                Possible mismatch between this policy and the one under which the audit message was generated.
                Possible mismatch between current in-memory boolean settings vs. permanent ones.

type=AVC msg=audit(1201966657.793:108): avc:  denied  { execute_no_trans } for  pid=6127 comm="avahi-autoipd" path="/etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action" dev=dm-
2 ino=2836441 scontext=system_u:system_r:dhcpc_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file
        Was caused by:
                Unknown - would be allowed by specified policy
                Possible mismatch between this policy and the one under which the audit message was generated.
                Possible mismatch between current in-memory boolean settings vs. permanent ones.

type=AVC msg=audit(1201966657.801:109): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=6127 comm="avahi-autoipd.a" name="ip" dev=dm-2 ino=3850259 scontext=system_u:system_
r:dhcpc_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ifconfig_exec_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file
        Was caused by:
                Unknown - would be allowed by specified policy
                Possible mismatch between this policy and the one under which the audit message was generated.
                Possible mismatch between current in-memory boolean settings vs. permanent ones.

Ritesh

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-systap (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages avahi-autoipd depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.105      add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.7-6      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdaemon0                    0.12-1     lightweight C library for daemons 

Versions of packages avahi-autoipd recommends:
ii  dhcp3-client                  3.1.0-2    DHCP client
ii  iproute                       20080108-1 Professional tools to control the 

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