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Title
Permissions on files in /opt/syslog-ng/lib/ are invalid -
Description
Some files in syslog-PE version 7.0.31 have 777 permissions on directory /opt/syslog-ng/lib/
This is incorrect and it will also trigger security software with warnings about excesive permissions for sensitive files.
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Cause
Files like this have 777 permissions
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libclntsh.so.12.1 (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libclntsh.so.19.1 (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libclntshcore.so.12.1 (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libclntshcore.so.19.1 (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libipc1.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libmql1.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libnnz12.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libnnz19.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libocci.so.12.1 (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libociicus.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libocijdbc12.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libons.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/liboramysql12.so (-rwxrwxrwx)
* /opt/syslog-ng/lib/libsqora.so.19.1 (-rwxrwxrwx) -
Resolution
You can safely change the file permission in /opt/syslog-ng/lib/ to 755
This was fixed in the next release of Syslog-PE