Ack: [lucid CVE 1/1] UBUNTU: [Packaging] supply perf with appropriate prefix to ensure use of local config

[Brad Figg]

On 07/31/2013 07:09 PM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> If we do not supply an installation prefix when we are building perf
> it will assume it is designed to run relative to the builders HOME.
> This means that as built on a buildd we will check for the system
> configuration relative to the buildd users home rather than in /etc.
> This implies a local user could use this to compromise other users _if_
> there is a buildd user installed on the system and they have access to it.
>
> CVE-2013-1060
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1206200
> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
> ---
>   debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk b/debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk
> index 18b4401..7b62a57 100644
> --- a/debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk
> +++ b/debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk
> @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ endif
>
>   $(stampdir)/stamp-build-perarch: $(stampdir)/stamp-prepare-perarch
>   ifeq ($(do_tools),true)
> -	cd $(builddirpa)/tools-$*/tools/perf && make HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE=1 $(conc_level)
> +	cd $(builddirpa)/tools-$*/tools/perf && make prefix=/usr HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE=1 $(conc_level)
>   endif
>   	@touch $@
>
>


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