openssh in stable-10 broken config or sandbox

[Kevin Oberman]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Mike Jakubik <
mike.jakubik at intertainservices.com> wrote:

> On 03/01/14 02:39, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>
>> On 01.03.2014 10:56, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>> Default /etc/ssh/sshd_config have
>>> #UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox
>>> I.e. 'sandbox' by default. It breaks logins with error:
>>> sshd[81721]: fatal: ssh_sandbox_child: failed to limit the network
>>> socket [preauth]
>>> Fixed by using old way, i.e. direct
>>> UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
>>> instead of 'sandbox'. Please fix this bug.
>>>
>> Just find that capsicum is required now for default (i.e. sandbox) mode.
>> Don't think it is wise move, people may lost remote connections that
>> way, at least UPDATING entry is needed, but check for WITHOUT_CAPSICUM
>> for defaults will be better.
>>
>>
> Personally I find this to be a monumental screw up, such a drastic change
> and not even so much as an entry in UPDATING, what ever happened to POLA?
>

+1

I didn't get bitten by this by the good fortune of seeing the first message
on this issue just minutes after I updated my system. Saw the change in
mergemaster, so immediately edited the installed file back to "yes".  But,
if this had been a remote server, I would have been in deep weeds. This is
simply not acceptable practice!
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com