Merge pull request #16250 from Security-Onion-Solutions/fix/root-own-sbin-and-salt-tree

FIX: root-own /usr/sbin management scripts and the Salt default tree

salt/common/init.sls

@@ -117,14 +117,25 @@ elastic_curl_config:
 {% endif %}
 
 
+# A non-root owner here can chmod the directory and replace any script in it, including
+# the root-owned ones. 555 is the mode the filesystem RPM ships; root ignores it anyway.
+usr_sbin_perms:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: /usr/sbin
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 555
+
 common_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://common/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - show_changes: False
+    - require:
+      - file: usr_sbin_perms
 {% if GLOBALS.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
     - exclude_pat:
       - so-pcap-import
@@ -159,8 +170,8 @@ common_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://common/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939 
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - show_changes: False
@@ -173,6 +184,8 @@ so-status_script:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-status
     - source: salt://common/tools/sbin/so-status
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 755
 
 {% if GLOBALS.is_sensor %}

salt/common/soup_scripts.sls

@@ -18,47 +18,61 @@ copy_so-common_common_tools_sbin:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-image-common_common_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_soup_manager_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-firewall_manager_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-yaml_manager_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-repo-sync_manager_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_bootstrap-salt_manager_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/salt/scripts/bootstrap-salt.sh
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/salt/scripts/bootstrap-salt.sh
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 644
 
 # This section is used to put the new script in place so that it can be called during soup.
 # It is faster than calling the states that normally manage them to put them in place.
@@ -67,46 +81,60 @@ copy_so-common_sbin:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-common
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-image-common_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-image-common
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_soup_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/soup
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-firewall_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-firewall
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-yaml_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-yaml.py
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_so-repo-sync_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-repo-sync
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755
 
 copy_bootstrap-salt_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/bootstrap-salt.sh
     - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/salt/scripts/bootstrap-salt.sh
     - force: True
-    - preserve: True
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 755

salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common

@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ copy_new_files() {
   cd $UPDATE_DIR
   rsync -a salt $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/ --delete "${EXCLUDE_ARGS[@]}"
   rsync -a pillar $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/ --delete "${EXCLUDE_ARGS[@]}"
-  chown -R socore:socore $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/
+  # Root-executed code; SOC only needs to read it. Local dirs stay socore-owned.
+  chown -R root:root $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/
   cd /tmp
 }
 

salt/elastalert/config.sls

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ elastalert_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://elastalert/tools/sbin
-    - user: 933
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #elastalert_sbin_jinja:

salt/elasticagent/config.sls

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ elasticagent_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 949
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
 

salt/elasticfleet/config.sls

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ elasticfleet_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://elasticfleet/tools/sbin
-    - user: 947
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - show_changes: False
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ elasticfleet_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 947
-    - group: 939 
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - exclude_pat:
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ eapackageupgrade:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
     - source: salt://elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
-    - user: 947
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 755
     - template: jinja
 

salt/elasticfleet/install_agent_grid.sls

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ so-elastic-agent-install:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-agent-install
     - source: salt://elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-agent-install
-    - user: 947
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 755
     - show_changes: False
 

salt/elasticsearch/config.sls

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ elasticsearch_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/tools/sbin
-    - user: 930
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - exclude_pat:
       - so-elasticsearch-pipelines # exclude this because we need to watch it for changes, we sync it in another state
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch-script:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-system-indices-patch
-    - user: 930
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 755
     - show_changes: False
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ elasticsearch_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939 
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - exclude_pat:
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load-script:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load
-    - user: 930
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 754
     - template: jinja
     - defaults:
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ so-elasticsearch-pipelines-script:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
-    - user: 930
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 754
     - show_changes: False
 

salt/hypervisor/init.sls

@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ hypervisor_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://hypervisor/tools/sbin
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 744
 
 hypervisor_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://hypervisor/tools/sbin_jinja
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - template: jinja
     - file_mode: 744
 

salt/idh/config.sls

@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ idh_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://idh/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #idh_sbin_jinja:

salt/influxdb/config.sls

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ influxdb_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://influxdb/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #influxdb_sbin_jinja:

salt/kafka/config.sls

@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ kafka_sbin_tools:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://kafka/tools/sbin
-    - user: 960
-    - group: 960
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 kafka_sbin_jinja_tools:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://kafka/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 960
-    - group: 960
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - defaults:

salt/kibana/config.sls

@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ kibana_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://kibana/tools/sbin
-    - user: 932
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 kibana_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://kibana/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 932
-    - group: 939 
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - defaults:

salt/libvirt/64962/init.sls

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ so-fix-salt-ldap_script:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-fix-salt-ldap.py
     - source: salt://libvirt/64962/scripts/so-fix-salt-ldap.py
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 744
 
 fix-salt-ldap:

salt/logstash/config.sls

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ logstash_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://logstash/tools/sbin
-    - user: 931
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #logstash_sbin_jinja:

salt/manager/init.sls

@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ manager_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://manager/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - exclude_pat:
       - "*_test.py"
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ manager_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin/
     - source: salt://manager/tools/sbin_jinja/
-    - user: socore
-    - group: socore
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - show_changes: False
@@ -190,11 +190,15 @@ so_fleetagent_monitor:
   - month: '*'
   - dayweek: '*'
 
-socore_own_saltstack_default:
+# This tree is the source of every root-executed script (/usr/sbin, reactors, _runners,
+# engines, salt-relay.sh). SOC mounts /opt/so/saltstack rw as uid 939 but only writes
+# under local/. Do not add dir_mode/file_mode here -- SOC reads default/ and 750/640
+# would break its config load.
+root_own_saltstack_default:
   file.directory:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default
-    - user: socore
-    - group: socore
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - recurse:
       - user
       - group

salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update

@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ copy_new_files() {
   
   rsync -a salt $default_salt_dir/
   rsync -a pillar $default_salt_dir/
-  chown -R socore:socore $default_salt_dir/salt
-  chown -R socore:socore $default_salt_dir/pillar
+  chown -R root:root $default_salt_dir/salt
+  chown -R root:root $default_salt_dir/pillar
   chmod 755 $default_salt_dir/pillar/firewall/addfirewall.sh
 
   rm -rf /tmp/sogh

salt/nginx/config.sls

@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ nginx_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://nginx/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #nginx_sbin_jinja:

salt/redis/config.sls

@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ redis_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://redis/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 redis_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://redis/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939 
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
 

salt/salt/init.sls

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ salt_bootstrap:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/bootstrap-salt.sh
     - source: salt://salt/scripts/bootstrap-salt.sh
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 755
     - show_changes: False
 
@@ -10,6 +12,6 @@ salt_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://salt/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755

salt/sensor/init.sls

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ combine_bond_script:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-combine-bond
     - source: salt://sensor/tools/sbin_jinja/so-combine-bond
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - mode: 755
     - template: jinja
     - defaults:

salt/sensoroni/config.sls

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ sensoroni_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://sensoroni/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #sensoroni_sbin_jinja:

salt/soc/config.sls

@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ soc_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://soc/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #soc_sbin_jinja:

salt/soc/dyanno/hypervisor/init.sls

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ hypervisor_annotation:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/hypervisor/soc_hypervisor.yaml
     - source: salt://soc/dyanno/hypervisor/soc_hypervisor.yaml.jinja
     - template: jinja
-    - user: socore
-    - group: socore
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - defaults:
         HYPERVISORS: {{ HYPERVISORS }}
         baseDomainStatus: {{ salt['pillar.get']('baseDomain:status', 'Initialized') }}

salt/strelka/config.sls

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ strelka_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://strelka/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 {% else %}

salt/suricata/config.sls

@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ suricata_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://suricata/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 suricata_sbin_jinja:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://suricata/tools/sbin_jinja
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939 
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
 

salt/telegraf/config.sls

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ telegraf_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://telegraf/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #telegraf_sbin_jinja:

salt/zeek/config.sls

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ zeek_sbin:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /usr/sbin
     - source: salt://zeek/tools/sbin
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
     - file_mode: 755
 
 #zeek_sbin_jinja:

setup/so-functions

@@ -2105,6 +2105,8 @@ setup_salt_master_dirs() {
 
 	info "Chown the salt dirs on the manager for socore"
 	logCmd "chown -R socore:socore /opt/so"
+	# The default tree is root-executed code; SOC reads it but never writes it.
+	logCmd "chown -R root:root $default_salt_dir"
 }
 
 set_progress_str() {