17.15. Nagios in a MAC Jail
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## 17.15. Nagios in a MAC Jail

The following demonstration implements a secure environment using various MAC modules with properly configured policies. This is only a test as implementing a policy and ignoring it could be disastrous in a production environment.

Before beginning this process, `multilabel` must be set on each file system as not doing so will result in errors. This example assumes that `net-mngt/nagios-plugins`, `net-mngt/nagios`, and `www/apache22` are all installed, configured, and working correctly.

### 17.15.1. Create an Insecure User Class

Begin the procedure by adding the following user class to `/etc/login.conf`:

insecure:\ :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ :welcome=/etc/motd:\ :setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K:\ :path=~/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin :manpath=/usr/share/man /usr/local/man:\ :nologin=/usr/sbin/nologin:\ :cputime=1h30m:\ :datasize=8M:\ :vmemoryuse=100M:\ :stacksize=2M:\ :memorylocked=4M:\ :memoryuse=8M:\ :filesize=8M:\ :coredumpsize=8M:\ :openfiles=24:\ :maxproc=32:\ :priority=0:\ :requirehome:\ :passwordtime=91d:\ :umask=022:\ :ignoretime@:\ :label=biba/10(10-10):

Add the following line to the default user class:

:label=biba/high:

Next, issue the following command to rebuild the database:

`#` `cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf`

### 17.15.2. Boot Configuration

Add the following lines to `/boot/loader.conf`:

mac_biba_load="YES" mac_seeotheruids_load="YES"

### 17.15.3. Configure Users

Set the `root` user to the default class using:

`#` `pw usermod root -L default`

All user accounts that are not `root` or system users will now require a login class. The login class is required otherwise users will be refused access to common commands such as vi(1). The following `sh` script should do the trick:

`#` `for x in `awk -F: '($3 >= 1001) && ($3 != 65534) { print $1 }' \` `/etc/passwd`; do pw usermod $x -L default; done;`

Drop the `nagios` and `www` users into the insecure class:

`#` `pw usermod nagios -L insecure`
`#` `pw usermod www -L insecure`

### 17.15.4. Create the Contexts File

A contexts file should now be created as `/etc/policy.contexts`.

# This is the default BIBA policy for this system. # System: /var/run biba/equal /var/run/* biba/equal /dev biba/equal /dev/* biba/equal /var biba/equal /var/spool biba/equal /var/spool/* biba/equal /var/log biba/equal /var/log/* biba/equal /tmp biba/equal /tmp/* biba/equal /var/tmp biba/equal /var/tmp/* biba/equal /var/spool/mqueue biba/equal /var/spool/clientmqueue biba/equal # For Nagios: /usr/local/etc/nagios /usr/local/etc/nagios/* biba/10 /var/spool/nagios biba/10 /var/spool/nagios/* biba/10 # For apache /usr/local/etc/apache biba/10 /usr/local/etc/apache/* biba/10

This policy enforces security by setting restrictions on the flow of information. In this specific configuration, users, including `root`, should never be allowed to access Nagios. Configuration files and processes that are a part of Nagios will be completely self contained or jailed.

This file will be read by the system by issuing the following command:

`#` `setfsmac -ef /etc/policy.contexts /` `#` `setfsmac -ef /etc/policy.contexts /`

### Note:

The above file system layout will differ depending upon the environment and must be run on every file system.

`/etc/mac.conf` requires the following modifications in the main section:

default_labels file ?biba default_labels ifnet ?biba default_labels process ?biba default_labels socket ?biba

### 17.15.5. Enable Networking

Add the following line to `/boot/loader.conf`:

security.mac.biba.trust_all_interfaces=1

And the following to the network card configuration stored in `rc.conf`. If the primary Internet configuration is done via DHCP, this may need to be configured manually after every system boot:

maclabel biba/equal

### 17.15.6. Testing the Configuration

Ensure that the web server and Nagios will not be started on system initialization and reboot. Ensure the `root` user cannot access any of the files in the Nagios configuration directory. If `root` can issue an ls(1) command on `/var/spool/nagios`, something is wrong. Otherwise a “permission denied” error should be returned.

If all seems well, Nagios, Apache, and Sendmail can now be started:

`#` `cd /etc/mail && make stop && \ setpmac biba/equal make start && setpmac biba/10\(10-10\) apachectl start && \ setpmac biba/10\(10-10\) /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios.sh forcestart`

Double check to ensure that everything is working properly. If not, check the log files for error messages. Use sysctl(8) to disable the mac_biba(4) security policy module enforcement and try starting everything again as usual.

### Note:

The `root` user can still change the security enforcement and edit its configuration files. The following command will permit the degradation of the security policy to a lower grade for a newly spawned shell:

`#` `setpmac biba/10 csh`

To block this from happening, force the user into a range using login.conf(5). If setpmac(8) attempts to run a command outside of the compartment's range, an error will be returned and the command will not be executed. In this case, set root to `biba/high(high-high)`.

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