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Build Identifier: SWT 3.5.0.v3550b Using Eclipse Memory Analyzer 1.0.1 I noticed that SWT is leaving behind temporary data in /tmp, namely the directory /tmp/swtlib-64 in our case. This directory is world writable and reported as security issue by our systems. The problematic code line is Runtime.getRuntime ().exec (new String []{"chmod", "777", path}).waitFor(); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ in org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library It is not trivial to resolve as the current approach assumes that the swtlib can be shared system wide (hence world writable flag is necessary). However, this assumption is challenged on security sensitive systems with multiple users. Code could be injected into the SWT libraries and would be executed with the rights of the user running any Eclipse product on the same system. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Check /tmp and remove potentially existing directory swtlib-64: txruf@passent1:/tmp/ [] ls swtlib-64 /bin/ls: swtlib-64: No such file or directory 2. Run an Eclipse product - e.g. Eclipse Memory Analyzer. 3. Check /tmp, it will contain swtlib-64 with world writable flag set: txruf@passent1:/tmp/ [] ll swtlib-64 total 196 drwxrwxrwx 2 txruf txruf 80 2010-11-29 10:47 . drwxrwxrwt 22 root root 700 2010-11-29 10:47 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 txruf txruf 89120 2010-11-29 10:47 libswt-mozilla-gcc3-gtk-3550.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 txruf txruf 93192 2010-11-29 10:47 libswt-mozilla-gtk-3550.so 4. Different user replaces original library with modified version: tpdev@svwdpass16:/tmp/swtlib-64/ [rdbms10204] mv libswt-mozilla-gcc3-gtk-3550.so libswt-mozilla-gcc3-gtk-3550.so.original tpdev@svwdpass16:/tmp/swtlib-64/ [rdbms10204] touch libswt-mozilla-gcc3-gtk-3550.so tpdev@svwdpass16:/tmp/swtlib-64/ [rdbms10204] ll total 196 drwxrwxrwx 2 txruf txruf 100 2010-11-29 10:48 . drwxrwxrwt 22 root root 700 2010-11-29 10:48 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 tpdev tpdev 0 2010-11-29 10:48 libswt-mozilla-gcc3-gtk-3550.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 txruf txruf 89120 2010-11-29 10:47 libswt-mozilla-gcc3-gtk-3550.so.original -rwxr-xr-x 1 txruf txruf 93192 2010-11-29 10:47 libswt-mozilla-gtk-3550.so
Yep. This was implemented in bug 278413. A workaround is to extract the libraries manually and set the "swt.library.path" system property; then SWT will not use /tmp at all.
Created attachment 186318 [details] fix This patch extracts the library to the user.home instead of the shared tmp directory. The permissions on the files/directories created are 755. The complete path to the library is <user.home>/.swt/lib/<os.name>/<os.arch>/.
Fixed > 20110107
