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nightmorph 10/08/30 03:01:13 |
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Modified: pax-utils.xml |
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Log: |
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update ELF specification link, bug 334025. also fix miscellaneous GuideXML stuff and hardened-sources references. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.9 xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml?rev=1.9&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml?rev=1.9&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml?r1=1.8&r2=1.9 |
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Index: pax-utils.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.8 |
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retrieving revision 1.9 |
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diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9 |
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--- pax-utils.xml 13 Dec 2006 00:31:28 -0000 1.8 |
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+++ pax-utils.xml 30 Aug 2010 03:01:13 -0000 1.9 |
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@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml,v 1.8 2006/12/13 00:31:28 solar Exp $ --> |
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- |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml,v 1.9 2010/08/30 03:01:13 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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-<guide link="/proj/en/hardened/pax-utils.xml"> |
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+<guide> |
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<title>Gentoo PaX Utilities</title> |
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<author title="Author"> |
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- <mail link="swift@g.o">Sven Vermeulen</mail> |
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+ <mail link="swift"/> |
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+</author> |
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+<author title="Editor"> |
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+ <mail link="solar"/> |
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</author> |
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<author title="Editor"> |
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- <mail link="solar@g.o">Ned Ludd</mail> |
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+ <mail link="nightmorph"/> |
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</author> |
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<abstract> |
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+This guide provides instruction on securing your system by using the pax-utils |
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+package to find and identify problematic binaries. |
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</abstract> |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>0.1</version> |
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-<date>2005-01-01</date> |
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+<version>2</version> |
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+<date>2010-08-29</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>What is this guide about?</title> |
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<p> |
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The structure of such a binary is defined in the ELF standard. ELF stands for |
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<e>Executable and Linkable Format</e>. If you are really interested in the gory |
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-details, check out the |
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-<uri link="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/book/ELF-generic/ELF-generic.html"> |
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+details, check out the <uri |
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+link="http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_4.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/elf-generic.html"> |
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Generic ELF spec</uri> or the <c>elf(5)</c> man page. |
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</p> |
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<ti>k</ti> |
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<ti>Section</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>a</ti> |
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<ti>ARCH/e_machine</ti> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Using scanelf for Specific Header</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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The scanelf util can be used to quickly identify files that contain a |
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given section header using the -k .section option. |
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stripped. A stripped elf will lack a .symtab entry, so we use the '!' |
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to invert the matching logic. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Scanning for stripped or non stripped executables"> |
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# <i>scanelf -k '!.symtab' /usr/lib/debug -Rq -F%F#k</i> |
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</pre> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Using scanelf for Specific Segment Markings</title> |
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<body> |
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To be able to benefit from these defense mechanisms, you need to run a Linux |
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kernel patched with the latest PaX code. The <uri |
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link="http://hardened.gentoo.org">Hardened Gentoo</uri> project supports PaX and |
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-its parent project, grsecurity. Supported kernel packages are |
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-<c>sys-kernel/hardened-sources-2.(4|6)</c>. |
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+its parent project, grsecurity. The supported kernel package is |
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+<c>sys-kernel/hardened-sources</c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-If your tool chain supports it, your binaries can have additional PaX flags in |
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+If your toolchain supports it, your binaries can have additional PaX flags in |
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their Program Header. The following flags are supported: |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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</guide> |
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