Document dyndns command-injection fix and two remaining follow-ups
README's public-access table and "previously resolved" summary now reflect the dyndns injection fix and the TSIG-permission regression it uncovered. Adds two open TODO items found during that audit: the dyndns app's lack of real per-user auth binding, and the fact that access logging for every real vhost on this host is currently a no-op.
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@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Audited 2026-07-20 — which public hostnames require credentials:
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| Host | Requires credentials? | Notes |
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| `jayfield.org` / `www.jayfield.org` | No (intentionally public static site) | Was accidentally 401'ing every visitor via a stray `.htaccess` — fixed, see `TODO.md` |
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| `dyndns.jayfield.org` | Yes — HTTP Basic Auth | Vhost-level `<Directory>` block, intentional |
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| `dyndns.jayfield.org` | Yes — HTTP Basic Auth | Vhost-level `<Directory>` block, intentional. Had an OS command injection in its update scripts (fixed 2026-07-20, see `TODO.md`); the app itself still has no real per-user auth binding (open `TODO.md` item) |
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| `mail.jayfield.org` | N/A — root is `403` (no content served there) | |
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| `mail.jayfield.org/rspamd` | Yes — rspamd's own login page | |
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| `cloud.jayfield.org` (Nextcloud) | Yes — redirects to `/login` | |
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@@ -364,4 +364,19 @@ not a MITM, a self-inflicted interaction between two otherwise-correct
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pieces of config. Fixed 2026-07-20 by moving it behind an Apache reverse
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proxy on its own subdomain, `portainer.jayfield.org`, same pattern as
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`web.jayfield.org`/`cloud.jayfield.org`; see "Portainer" above and
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`TODO.md` for the full details.)
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`TODO.md` for the full details.
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Also: an audit of which public hostnames require credentials (prompted by
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the Portainer/HSTS work above) turned up an OS command injection in the
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dyndns update scripts (`/var/www/dyndns/nsupdate*.php` built a shell
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command by directly interpolating unsanitized `$_GET` input into
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`exec()`) — gated by the vhost's Basic Auth, so not anonymously
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exploitable, but a real privilege escalation for anyone with valid dyndns
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credentials. Fixed 2026-07-20 by rewriting the update path to use
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`proc_open()` with array-form arguments (no shell involved at all) plus
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strict hostname/IP validation. That same audit also surfaced (a) a
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regression from the 2026-07-19 TSIG key hardening that had silently
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broken legitimate dyndns updates — fixed with a POSIX ACL scoped to just
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that key file, not group membership, since the `bind` group also owns
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`rndc.key` — and (b) that access logging for every real vhost on this
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host is currently a no-op, and (c) that the dyndns app has no real
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per-user auth binding. (b) and (c) are left open — see `TODO.md`.)
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@@ -3,6 +3,36 @@
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Outstanding hardening items (see `README.md` for the full service overview).
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Nothing here is urgent; all are low-risk, no-downtime changes.
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- [ ] **dyndns app has no real per-user auth binding** — found 2026-07-20,
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while fixing the command injection below.
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`index.php`'s `pass == '_NO_PASS_'` check is a hardcoded magic
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string, not a real per-user credential — there's nothing tying the
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single shared Apache Basic Auth identity to *which* hostname label
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gets updated. Any caller with valid dyndns credentials can update
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any of the zone's 5 hostnames (`jens`, `kack`, `test`, `uschi`,
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`vpn`), not just their own. Low severity today since apparently only
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one person (`jens`) has credentials, but worth fixing before adding
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any second dyndns user. Fix: either move to per-host TSIG-style
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tokens, or add a static host-allowlist per `.htpasswd` user in the
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PHP.
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- [ ] **dyndns/default-vhost access logging is a no-op** — found
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2026-07-20, while investigating the command injection below.
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`dyndns.jayfield.org`, `jayfield.org`, `www.jayfield.org`,
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`mail.jayfield.org`, `web.jayfield.org`, and `cloud.jayfield.org`
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have no `CustomLog` directive of their own, so requests to them
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should fall back to the global `CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log`
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in `apache2.conf` — but that file had 0 lines when checked. Only
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`default-ssl.conf`/`000-default.conf` explicitly set `CustomLog`.
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Net effect: there's currently no access-log trail for any real
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vhost on this host, which is exactly the evidence that would be
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needed to rule out past abuse of things like the dyndns injection
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above. Needs root-causing (global `CustomLog` not actually wired up
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to these vhosts? logs going somewhere else? log rotation wiping it
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right before checks?) and likely a per-vhost `CustomLog` added to
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each site, matching the `default-ssl.conf`/`000-default.conf`
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pattern.
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- [x] **OS command injection in the dyndns update scripts** — done 2026-07-20
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`/var/www/dyndns/nsupdate.php`, `nsupdate_ipv4.php`, and
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`nsupdate_ipv6.php` (used by both `index.php` and `nic/update.php`,
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