#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : Automatic updates broke something, or are not running at all # Fix : Confirm updates are actually being applied # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-unattended # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 25 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Nothing appears to be patched. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Disable the timer to stop automatic updates. # # 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 $n of 5" prose "$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 "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " Automatic updates broke something, or are not running at all" echo " Confirm updates are actually being applied" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 25 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$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 'Check whether it is enabled and when it last ran.' '' cmd 'systemctl list-timers apt-daily* dnf-makecache* dnf-automatic* --all' 'sudo tail -20 /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log 2>/dev/null'; then systemctl list-timers apt-daily* dnf-makecache* dnf-automatic* --all sudo tail -20 /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log 2>/dev/null 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 'Check the configuration is actually turning it on. Installing the package does not enable it on every distribution.' '' cmd 'cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades 2>/dev/null' 'grep -vE '\''^\s*(#|$)'\'' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf 2>/dev/null'; then cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades 2>/dev/null grep -vE '^\s*(#|$)' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf 2>/dev/null 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 'Enable it for security updates.' '' cmd 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades' 'sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer'; then sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer 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 'Check what is running with libraries that have since been replaced -- this is the gap that makes a patched machine still vulnerable.' 'A library updated on disk does not affect a process that already mapped the old one. Until those services are restarted, the vulnerability is still present in memory and no package list will show it.' cmd 'sudo needrestart -b 2>/dev/null || sudo dnf needs-restarting -r'; then sudo needrestart -b 2>/dev/null || sudo dnf needs-restarting -r 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 'Restart the affected services, or schedule a reboot where the kernel has been updated.' '' cmd 'sudo needrestart -r a'; then sudo needrestart -r a if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The timer is active, the log shows recent installs, and nothing needs restarting.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then systemctl list-timers | grep -Ei 'unattended|dnf-automatic' sudo needrestart -b 2>/dev/null | tail -5 fi rule if [ "$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: Disable the timer to stop automatic updates.' rule