Hey, Perl monks!

I have a question concerning security.

I have a number of CGI scripts running as user "apache" which all need to call different parts of a framework which is severely restricted to only certain users through both file and directory permissions. The solution I have implemented is a poor hack where I have written simple driver scripts which call into the framework for the specific information needed. I have granted these CGI scripts sudo access to only these simple drivers, and capture their output in temporary files which the CGI scripts then parse.

I would like to do something better, but the "apache" user is limited for good reasons, so playing sudo games is the best solution I have come up with to date. I've contemplated playing UID games, but does this then circumvent all restrictions on the "apache" user? I'm not sure I can grant that kind of access anyways.

So, I'm at a loss. Is there a better approach than writing a number of driver stubs which can access the framework without resorting to creating temporary files?

In reply to CGI accessing sensitive framework? by Anonymous Monk

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