#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : Automatic updates broke something, or are not running at all # Fix : Constrain what automatic updates may change # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-unattended # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 30 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # An update changed something unexpectedly. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # sudo apt-mark unhold package releases the hold. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 6" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " Automatic updates broke something, or are not running at all" echo " Constrain what automatic updates may change" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 30 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Find out exactly what was installed and when.' '' cmd 'grep -E '\'' install | upgrade '\'' /var/log/dpkg.log | tail -30' 'sudo dnf history list | head -10'; then grep -E ' install | upgrade ' /var/log/dpkg.log | tail -30 sudo dnf history list | head -10 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Roll back the specific transaction if the package manager supports it.' '' cmd 'sudo dnf history undo 42'; then sudo dnf history undo 42 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'On apt, downgrade the specific package and hold it while you investigate.' 'A hold stops that package updating while leaving everything else current. Disabling automatic updates entirely to stop one package is a much larger trade than it looks -- it stops the security updates too.' cmd 'sudo apt install package=1.2.3-1' 'sudo apt-mark hold package'; then sudo apt install package=1.2.3-1 sudo apt-mark hold package if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Restrict automatic updates to the security repository only.' '' cmd 'grep -A5 '\''Allowed-Origins'\'' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades'; then grep -A5 'Allowed-Origins' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Add a blacklist entry for anything that must never update unattended.' '' cmd 'sudo sed -i '\''/Package-Blacklist/,/};/ s|//\s*"vim";| "custom-app";|'\'' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades'; then sudo sed -i '/Package-Blacklist/,/};/ s|//\s*"vim";| "custom-app";|' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 6 'Remember to review holds periodically -- a held package is an unpatched package.' '' cmd 'apt-mark showhold' 'sudo dnf versionlock list 2>/dev/null'; then apt-mark showhold sudo dnf versionlock list 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 6 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The service works, the package is held at the known-good version, and security updates still apply.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then apt-mark showhold; systemctl list-timers | grep -i unattended fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-unattended" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: sudo apt-mark unhold package releases the hold.' rule