----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrik Andersin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:57 PM Subject: [Mimedefang] HEADS UP, bug in spamassassin versions 2.50 -> 2.63
> There is an nasty umask bug in spamassasin version 2.50 - 2.63 which > effectively disables virus scanning in mimedefang if > [...] > The bug is in sa's UnixLocker.pm module in line 47: > [...] > Bug report filed: > http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3653 The bug is more widespread than that, and also exists in the newly released SpamAssassin 2.64. :-( There are actually three places in the SpamAssassin code that destroy the umask: NoMailAudit.pm, PerMsgStatus.pm, UnixLocker.pm. I have updated the bug in Bugzilla. Below is a patch vs. SpamAssassin 2.64. Save the patch and apply with "patch -p1 < _NAME_OF_PATCH_FILE_" from inside the SpamAssassin source directory. Chris Myers Networks By Design --- CUT HERE --- diff -ur Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/NoMailAudit.pm Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64-fixed/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/NoMailAudit.pm --- Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/NoMailAudit.pm Wed Aug 4 20:48:33 2004 +++ Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64-fixed/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/NoMailAudit.pm Thu Aug 5 06:33:16 2004 @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ my $gotlock = 0; my $retrylimit = 30; - my $umask = 0; + my $umask = umask 0; if (!sysopen (LOCK, $locktmp, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0644)) { umask $umask; #die "lock $file failed: create $locktmp: $!"; diff -ur Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64-fixed/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm --- Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm Wed Aug 4 20:48:33 2004 +++ Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64-fixed/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm Thu Aug 5 06:32:20 2004 @@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ my $template = $tmpdir."/sa.$$."; my $reportfile; - my $umask = 0; + my $umask = umask 0; do { # we do not rely on the obscurity of this name for security... # we use a average-quality PRG since this is all we need diff -ur Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/UnixLocker.pm Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64-fixed/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/UnixLocker.pm --- Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/UnixLocker.pm Wed Aug 4 20:48:32 2004 +++ Mail-SpamAssassin-2.64-fixed/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/UnixLocker.pm Thu Aug 5 06:30:58 2004 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ my $lock_tmp = Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::untaint_file_path ("$path.lock.$hname.$$"); - my $umask = 077; + my $umask = umask 077; if (!open(LTMP, ">$lock_tmp")) { umask $umask; die "lock: $$ cannot create tmp lockfile $lock_tmp for $lock_file: $!\n"; _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang

