[Platformone] EXT :Re: [EXT] Platform1 SAR

Sat Dec 21 01:45:28 UTC 2019

Hello Eric,

To be honest, if we have anyone authenticating to the systems in any way we
are not following our IAC standards. This current VPC is a snowflake and it
was treated as one. Things were manually done and configurations were
changed. And yes that should be tracked by specific users. The current IDM
users should be the users that are used for authentication in the snowflake
situations.

If we continue to auth to these vpc's and make one-off modification we will
continue to have the issues that we do today. If we capture the issues and
or features and get them prioritized and developed as code the user issue
will become a mute point.

We also have an issue in git to automate the scans and to have the
artifacts shipped to S3 for review. Once this is in place we will no longer
need to make the modification and allow SSH or port 22 access into the
systems.

I would argue that opening the system for security scanning is our
biggest security risk currently.

Let's take these next couple of weeks and really lock down the system. If
we work together and outline the correct requirements and get them
implemented as code we will all sleep better at night. Oh and it will make
cybercom happy.

The next major task will be to leverage IAC to build a more secure VPC with
our current code base that currently addresses some of the concerns and
move the apps into that VPC. We will continue this pattern as we evolve the
IAC and the process. i.e. let's build the feedback loop and continue to
develop.

Thanks,

KEVIN O'DONNELL

ARCHITECT MANAGER

Red Hat Red Hat NA Public Sector Consulting <https://www.redhat.com/>

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 9:13 AM Blade, Eric D [US] (MS) <Eric.Blade at ngc.com>
wrote:

> I just want to clarify on the topic of the EC2-user.  The key is
> attribution.  We need to know who or what is configuring the systems.
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> We are repeatedly seeing the ec2-user account used to manually configure
> systems.  Ec2-user should only be used to perform programmatic tasks from
> committed and reviewed code as part of initial provisioning.   If the code
> to provision and configure systems is unavailable, then you must create
> attributable accounts to perform changes to the systems.
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> Any use of ec2-user remote login or su to ec2-user will be flagged as a
> violation and the source IP or user account logged as the violating
> source.  Any manual/command line activities MUST be performed using an
> attributable user account.
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> If that is not clear, please let me know and I will attempt to elaborate
> further.
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> Thank you
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> Eric Blade, GXPN, GPEN
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> *From:* Kevin O'Donnell <kodonnel at redhat.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2019 6:22 PM
> *To:* Lastrilla, Jet <jlastrilla at mitre.org>
> *Cc:* Feiglstok, Colleen M [US] (MS) <Colleen.Feiglstok at ngc.com>; BRYAN,
> AUSTEN R Capt USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <austen.bryan.1 at us.af.mil>; DIROCCO,
> ROGER E GG-13 USAF AFMC ESC/AFLCMC/HNCP <roger.dirocco.4 at us.af.mil>;
> platformONE at redhat.com; Tim Gast <tg at braingu.com>; Bubb, Mike <
> mbubb at mitre.org>; TRAMBLE, ELIJAH Q Capt USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNC <
> elijah.tramble.1 at us.af.mil>; tj.zimmerman at braingu.com; LOPEZDEURALDE,
> RICHARD A Lt Col USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <richard.lopezdeuralde at us.af.mil>;
> Blade, Eric D [US] (MS) <Eric.Blade at ngc.com>; RAMIREZ, JOSE A CTR USAF
> AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <jose.ramirez.50.ctr at us.af.mil>; Leonard, Michael C. <
> leonardm at mitre.org>; REINHARDT, MELISSA A GG-13 USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <
> melissa.reinhardt.2 at us.af.mil>; Taylor Biggs <taylor at redhat.com>; Miller,
> Timothy J. <tmiller at mitre.org>; CRISP, JOSHUA M GS-09 USAF AFMC
> AFLCMC/HNCP <joshua.crisp.2 at us.af.mil>; BOGUE, STEVEN E CTR USAF AFMC
> AFLCMC/HNCP <steven.bogue.1.ctr at us.af.mil>; Wilcox, John R. (San Antonio,
> TX) [US] (MS) <John.R.Wilcox at ngc.com>
> *Subject:* EXT :Re: [EXT] Platform1 SAR
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> Colleen,
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> Thank you for the results and recommendations. We will get GIT issues
> crated for your findings and will prioritize the mitigation and implement
> them as code in our future IAC deployments. Many of the findings in the
> current VPC have been mitigated in up-prod-b with our current code release.
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> Please let us know when you have finished and we can power down the host
> that you have been using for scanning.
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> Note for everyone: Once we power down the ec2 instance ssh or port 22 will
> not be externally accessible. Thus, mitigating many of the risks associated
> with the ec2-user and the keys.
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> Thanks,
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> *KEVIN O'DONNELL *
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> ARCHITECT MANAGER
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> Red Hat Red Hat NA Public Sector Consulting <https://www.redhat.com/>
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> kodonnell at redhat.com <kodonnell at redhat.com%20M:240-605-4654> M:
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> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 4:52 PM Lastrilla, Jet <jlastrilla at mitre.org>
> wrote:
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> Thanks Colleen. Sorry for the rushed feeling. If you want to take more
> time, please use tomorrow to do your testing.
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> Thank you for all you do!!!!
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> *From:* Feiglstok, Colleen M [US] (MS) <Colleen.Feiglstok at ngc.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2019 4:35:15 PM
> *To:* Lastrilla, Jet <jlastrilla at mitre.org>; BRYAN, AUSTEN R Capt USAF
> AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <austen.bryan.1 at us.af.mil>; DIROCCO, ROGER E GG-13 USAF
> AFMC ESC/AFLCMC/HNCP <roger.dirocco.4 at us.af.mil>; Kevin O'Donnell <
> kodonnel at redhat.com>; platformONE at redhat.com <platformONE at redhat.com>;
> Tim Gast <tg at braingu.com>; Bubb, Mike <mbubb at mitre.org>; TRAMBLE, ELIJAH
> Q Capt USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNC <elijah.tramble.1 at us.af.mil>;
> tj.zimmerman at braingu.com <tj.zimmerman at braingu.com>; LOPEZDEURALDE,
> RICHARD A Lt Col USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <richard.lopezdeuralde at us.af.mil>;
> Blade, Eric D [US] (MS) <Eric.Blade at ngc.com>; RAMIREZ, JOSE A CTR USAF
> AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <jose.ramirez.50.ctr at us.af.mil>; Leonard, Michael C. <
> leonardm at mitre.org>; REINHARDT, MELISSA A GG-13 USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HNCP <
> melissa.reinhardt.2 at us.af.mil>; Taylor Biggs <taylor at redhat.com>; Miller,
> Timothy J. <tmiller at mitre.org>; CRISP, JOSHUA M GS-09 USAF AFMC
> AFLCMC/HNCP <joshua.crisp.2 at us.af.mil>; BOGUE, STEVEN E CTR USAF AFMC
> AFLCMC/HNCP <steven.bogue.1.ctr at us.af.mil>; Wilcox, John R. (San Antonio,
> TX) [US] (MS) <John.R.Wilcox at ngc.com>
> *Subject:* [EXT] Platform1 SAR
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> All,
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> The SAR and raw results from the new security testing will be sent through
> NGSafe in a few moments.
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> As usual, I felt very rushed with the testing, and feel like I have not
> done as thorough of a job as required. I was unable to log into the Web
> UIs, as no one from the Platform1 team gave me the account information. I
> had issues with Nessus, so the CVE’s were found through OSCAP this time.
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> A lot is the same as the last report, but please read through it, because
> there is some new information. I had to test as ec2-user again, which is
> another big issue that needs to be resolved ASAP. The more I use it and
> find out how it is being used, the more extremely concerned I am. It has
> multiple keys throughout the platform located in the .ssh directory, one of
> which is world readable. On some hosts, a real user is using the ec2-user
> account to create accounts, groups, and pull docker files. The account is
> non-attributable, so we have no way of knowing who is doing this. Someone
> could do serious damage with no consequence. I understand that the ec2-user
> is needed for standing up an ec2-image, but this account should only be
> used for implementing IAC, so that the changes implemented by ec2-user are
> codified.  If manual admin is required, that IAC should provision the
> appropriate attributable accounts, and those accounts should be used from
> then on. In my opinion, this is a critical finding and needs to be
> addressed ASAP.
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> I will be available during the day tomorrow for any questions.
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> Thanks
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> Colleen
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