Ubuntu
location-service package

Location service uses the cached authorization, even if the user denied location access to an app

Bug #1387734 reported by David Barth
274
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Canonical System Image ww07-2015
trust-store
Fix Released
Critical
Thomas Voß
location-service (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Critical
Unassigned
Utopic
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Vivid
Invalid
Critical
Unassigned
trust-store (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Thomas Voß
Utopic
Fix Released
Critical
Thomas Voß
Vivid
Fix Released
Critical
Thomas Voß
trust-store (Ubuntu RTM)
Fix Released
Critical
Thomas Voß

Bug Description

The bug occurs after removing location access authorization to an application. The location is still available to the application, despite the user having revoked access from within USS > Privacy > Location.

To reproduce:

1. Open a map application, like Here map
2. Allow access to location
3. Switch to System Settings > Privacy > Location
4. Disable location access for Maps
5. Kill Here map, and restart it

What should happen: you should not have access anymore (and should not see a prompt)
What happens instead: the app still has access to your location, as shown in the logs:

I1030 16:15:38.167752 3100 cached_agent_glog_reporter.cpp:32] CachedAgent::authenticate_request_with_parameters: Application pid: 27975 Application uid: 32011 Application id: com.nokia.heremaps_here Cached request: Request(from: com.nokia.heremaps_here, feature: 0, when: 1414682114882519283, answer: granted)

I confirmed that the trust store had recorded the authorization change as in:

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sqlite3 ~/.local/share/UbuntuLocationService/trust.db "select * from requests"
1|unconfined|0|1414098093331252474|1
2|com.nokia.heremaps_here|0|1414682114882519283|1
3|com.nokia.heremaps_here|0|1414682131206341515|0

From a user's perspective: Despite having explicitly rejected trust to an application, the app would still be able to access services.

See original description
Tags: rtm14

Related branches

lp:~thomas-voss/trust-store/fix-1387734
Seth Arnold (community): Approve
PS Jenkins bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
Ubuntu Phablet Team: Pending requested
Diff: 153 lines (+87/-3)
5 files modified
src/core/trust/impl/sqlite3/store.cpp (+2/-1)
tests/CMakeLists.txt (+17/-0)
tests/bug_1387734.cpp (+66/-0)
tests/remote_trust_store_test.cpp (+1/-1)
tests/trust_store_test.cpp (+1/-1)
lp:ubuntu/vivid-proposed/trust-store
lp:~mardy/ubuntu-system-settings/lp1387734
PS Jenkins bot: Needs Fixing (continuous-integration)
Sebastien Bacher (community): Approve
Thomas Voß (community): Approve
Diff: 170 lines (+72/-20)
2 files modified
plugins/security-privacy/trust-store-model.cpp (+19/-8)
tests/plugins/security-privacy/tst_trust_store_model.cpp (+53/-12)
lp:~mardy/ubuntu-system-settings/rtm-lp1387734
Sebastien Bacher (community): Approve
David Barth (community): Approve
Diff: 170 lines (+72/-20)
2 files modified
plugins/security-privacy/trust-store-model.cpp (+19/-8)
tests/plugins/security-privacy/tst_trust_store_model.cpp (+53/-12)

CVE References

Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
no longer affects: location-service
Changed in location-service (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Changed in trust-store:
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Critical
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu RTM):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Critical
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Changed in location-service (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
assignee: Thomas Voß (thomas-voss) → nobody
Changed in trust-store:
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu RTM):
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
tags: added: rtm14
Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
information type: Public → Public Security
Revision history for this message
Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

This is CVE-2014-1422

Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

This will need an update to utopic-security as well (for when rtm syncs back up).

Changed in location-service (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Changed in trust-store:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu RTM):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ww05-2015
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package trust-store - 1.1.0+15.04.20150123-0ubuntu1

---------------
trust-store (1.1.0+15.04.20150123-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low

  [ thomas-voss ]
  * Make sure that cached trust requests are sorted by their timestamp
    in descending order. Add regression test case. (LP: #1387734)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:56:00 +0000

Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Selene ToyKeeper (toykeeper) wrote :

It's great that users can now disable access... but I see two other issues now:

- After disabling access to an app, the app is still shown as being allowed to access location services. Just exit the settings app and re-start it, and the UI shows access as enabled again.

- After disabling access to an app, the user cannot re-enable access. It's shown as enabled, but it no longer works. Toggling the checkbox no longer seems to do anything.

Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
milestone: ww05-2015 → ww07-2015
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package trust-store - 1.1.0+15.04.20150123~rtm-0ubuntu1

---------------
trust-store (1.1.0+15.04.20150123~rtm-0ubuntu1) 14.09; urgency=low

  [ thomas-voss ]
  * Make sure that cached trust requests are sorted by their timestamp
    in descending order. Add regression test case. (LP: #1387734)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:56:00 +0000

Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu RTM):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Changed in trust-store:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Changed in trust-store (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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