Bug 3028

Summary:	The named init script uses the wrong minor for /var/lib/named/dev/urandom
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Dave Hodgins <davidwhodgins>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	anssi.hannula, guillomovitch, marja11
Version:	1	Keywords:	PATCH
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	bind-9.8.0-6.P4.mga1.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Patch to fix /etc/rc.d/init.d/named

Description Dave Hodgins 2011-10-13 01:56:25 CEST

On startup, /etc/rc.d/init.d/named creates /var/lib/named/dev/urandom
with a minor of 8.  It should be 9 as per "man 4 random"

This will make /var/lib/named/dev/urandom act like /dev/random, potentially
causing named to stop until more random data becomes available.

Thanks to the poster Aragorn in the usenet group alt.os.linux.mandriva for
noticing this.

Comment 1 Dave Hodgins 2011-10-13 01:57:27 CEST

Created attachment 949 [details]
Patch to fix /etc/rc.d/init.d/named

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2011-12-09 20:44:26 CET

no maintainer for bind

@ guillomovitch

Can you have a look at this, please?

Keywords: (none) => PATCH
CC: (none) => guillomovitch, marja11

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-29 11:31:54 CET

@ anssi

did bind-9.8.1P1-1.1.mga1 fix this, too?
If it did I look over it.

CC: (none) => anssi.hannula

Comment 4 Anssi Hannula 2012-01-29 14:38:31 CET

Nope.

Comment 5 Guillaume Rousse 2012-03-08 20:02:00 CET

Fixed in incoming 9.9.0-3mga2.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 6 Dave Hodgins 2012-03-08 22:59:14 CET

Will it be fixed for Mageia 1?

Comment 7 Marja Van Waes 2012-03-10 08:34:27 CET

(In reply to comment #6)
> Will it be fixed for Mageia 1?

reopening, because this report is against Mageia 1

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED => (none)

Comment 8 Dave Hodgins 2012-03-10 09:10:35 CET

Also, as noted in Bug 4822 my patch only fixes the minor node for
new installations.  Either the patch needs to be changed to have
the script delete and recreate the node, or it should be done in
a scriptlet, if that can be made to work.

Comment 9 Guillaume Rousse 2012-03-10 14:57:05 CET

I don't think this problem is serious enough to justify an update for mageia 1, at least for me. If someone wants to do the work, tough, the fix is in current cauldron package.

Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX