The default in sysklogd 2.x is to open listening network sockets,
unlike sysklogd 1.5 where the default was the opposite.

This is contrary to a "secure by default" design, so set up the
init script to pass the -ss option to prevent syslogd from opening
any network sockets. It can be overridden in /etc/default/syslogd.

Signed-off-by: Diego Santa Cruz <[email protected]>
---
 meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd 
b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd
index 2a356a637a..050772b59d 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ binpath_syslogd=/usr/sbin/syslogd
 
 test -x $binpath || exit 0
 
+# run secure by default
+SYSLOGD="-ss"
+
 test ! -r /etc/default/syslogd || . /etc/default/syslogd
 
 create_xconsole()
-- 
2.18.4

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