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diff --git a/share/man/man7/sdoc.7 b/share/man/man7/sdoc.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d678c97 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man7/sdoc.7 @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The names of the authors may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $Id: sec-doc.7,v 1.7 2001/12/22 00:14:12 rwatson Exp$ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd September 5, 2005 +.Dt SDOC 7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sdoc +.Nd guide to adding security considerations sections to manual pages +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This document presents guidelines for +adding security considerations sections to manual pages. +It provides two typical examples. +.Pp +The guidelines for writing +.Fx +manual pages in +.Xr groff_mdoc 7 +mandate that each manual page describing a feature of the +.Fx +system should contain a security considerations section +describing what security requirements can be broken +through the misuse of that feature. +When writing these sections, authors should attempt to +achieve a happy medium between two conflicting goals: +brevity and completeness. +On one hand, security consideration sections must not be too verbose, +or busy readers might be dissuaded from reading them. +On the other hand, security consideration sections must not be incomplete, +or they will fail in their purpose of +instructing the reader on how to avoid all insecure uses. +This document provides guidelines for balancing brevity and completeness +in the security consideration section for a given feature of the +.Fx +system. +.Ss Where to Start +Begin by listing +those general security requirements that can be violated +through the misuse of the feature. +There are four classes of security requirements: +.Bl -hang -offset indent +.It Em integrity +(example: non-administrators should not modify system binaries), +.It Em confidentiality +(example: non-administrators should not view the shadow password file), +.It Em availability +(example: the web server should respond to client requests in a timely +fashion), and +.It Em correctness +(example: the ps program should provide exactly the process table +information listing functionality described in its documentation - no more, +no less.) +.El +.Pp +A good security considerations section +should explain how the feature can be misused +to violate each general security requirement in the list. +Each explanation should be accompanied by instructions +the reader should follow in order to avoid a violation. +When referencing potential vulnerabilities +described in the Secure Programming Practices manual page, +.Xr sprog 7 , +likewise cross-reference that document +rather than replicating information. +Whenever possible, refer to this document +rather than reproducing the material it contains. +.Ss Where to Stop +Security problems are often interrelated; +individual problems often have far-reaching implications. +For example, the correctness of virtually any dynamically-linked program +is dependent on the correct implementation and configuration +of the run-time linker. +The correctness of this program, in turn, +depends on the correctness of its libraries, +the compiler used to build it, +the correctness of the preceding compiler that was used to build that compiler, +and so on, +as described by Thompson (see +.Sx SEE ALSO , +below). +.Pp +Due to the need for brevity, security consideration sections +should describe only those issues directly related to the feature +that is the subject of the manual page. +Refer to other manual pages +rather than duplicating the material found there. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Security considerations sections for most individual functions can follow +this simple formula: +.Pp +.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact +.It +Provide one or two sentences describing each potential security +problem. +.It +Provide one or two sentences describing how to avoid each potential +security problem. +.It +Provide a short example in code. +.El +.Pp +This is an example security considerations section for the +.Xr strcpy 3 +manual page: +.Pp +The +.Fn strcpy +function is easily misused in a manner which enables malicious users +to arbitrarily change a running program's functionality +through a buffer overflow attack. +.Pp +Avoid using +.Fn strcpy . +Instead, use +.Fn strncpy +and ensure that no more characters are copied to the destination buffer +than it can hold. +Do not forget to NUL-terminate the destination buffer, +as +.Fn strncpy +will not terminate the destination string if it is truncated. +.Pp +Note that +.Fn strncpy +can also be problematic. +It may be a security concern for a string to be truncated at all. +Since the truncated string will not be as long as the original, +it may refer to a completely different resource +and usage of the truncated resource +could result in very incorrect behavior. +Example: +.Bd -literal +void +foo(const char *arbitrary_string) +{ + char onstack[8]; + +#if defined(BAD) + /* + * This first strcpy is bad behavior. Do not use strcpy()! + */ + (void)strcpy(onstack, arbitrary_string); /* BAD! */ +#elif defined(BETTER) + /* + * The following two lines demonstrate better use of + * strncpy(). + */ + (void)strncpy(onstack, arbitrary_string, sizeof(onstack) - 1); + onstack[sizeof(onstack - 1)] = '\\0'; +#elif defined(BEST) + /* + * These lines are even more robust due to testing for + * truncation. + */ + if (strlen(arbitrary_string) + 1 > sizeof(onstack)) + err(1, "onstack would be truncated"); + (void)strncpy(onstack, arbitrary_string, sizeof(onstack)); +#endif +} +.Ed +.Pp +Security considerations sections for tools and commands +are apt to be less formulaic. +Let your list of potentially-violated security requirements +be your guide; +explain each one and list a solution in as concise a manner as possible. +.Pp +This is an example security considerations section for the +.Xr rtld 1 +manual page: +.Pp +Using the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD environment variables, +malicious users can cause the dynamic linker +to link shared libraries of their own devising +into the address space of processes running non-set-user-ID/group-ID programs. +These shared libraries can arbitrarily change the functionality +of the program by replacing calls to standard library functions +with calls to their own. +Although this feature is disabled for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs, +it can still be used to create Trojan horses in other programs. +.Pp +All users should be aware that the correct operation of non +set-user-ID/group-ID dynamically-linked programs depends on the proper +configuration of these environment variables, +and take care to avoid actions that might set them to values +which would cause the run-time linker +to link in shared libraries of unknown pedigree. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr groff_mdoc 7 , +.Xr security 7 , +.Xr sprog 7 +.Rs +.%A "Edward Amoroso, AT&T Bell Laboratories" +.%B "Fundamentals of Computer Security Technology" +.%I "P T R Prentice Hall" +.%D "1994" +.Re +.Rs +.%A "Ken Thompson" +.%T "Reflections on Trusting Trust" +.%J "Communications of the ACM" +.%I "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc." +.%P "761-763" +.%N "Vol. 27, No. 8" +.%D "August, 1984" +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +manual page first appeared in +.Fx 5.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Tim Fraser Aq Mt tfraser@tislabs.com , +NAI Labs CBOSS project +.An Brian Feldman Aq Mt bfeldman@tislabs.com , +NAI Labs CBOSS project |
