Red Hat Security Advisory: Kiali 2.11.9 for Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.1

1. Implementation · Input Validation

   Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• XML Security (opens in a new tab)
• Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
• V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
• V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design · Refactoring

   Refactor your program so that you do not have to dynamically generate code.

2. Architecture and Design

   Run your code in a "jail" or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which code can be executed by your product.

3. Implementation · Input Validation

   Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Server Side Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards (opens in a new tab)
• Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V5.2.8 (opens in a new tab)
• V5.2.5 (opens in a new tab)
• V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files (opens in a new tab)
• Manipulating User-Controlled Variables (opens in a new tab)
• Code Injection (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation · Input Validation

   Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• XML Security (opens in a new tab)
• Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
• V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
• V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)
• NoSQL Injection (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation

   If available, use features of the language or framework that allow specification of allowlists of attributes or fields that are allowed to be modified. If possible, prefer allowlists over denylists.

2. Architecture and Design · Implementation

   If available, use the signing/sealing features of the programming language to assure that deserialized data has not been tainted. For example, a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) could be used to ensure that data has not been modified.

3. Implementation · Input Validation

   For any externally-influenced input, check the input against an allowlist of internal object attributes or fields that are allowed to be modified.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
• Software Supply Chain Security (opens in a new tab)
• Infrastructure as Code (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Operation

   If possible, prohibit the use of DTDs or use an XML parser that limits the expansion of recursive DTD entities.

2. Implementation

   Before parsing XML files with associated DTDs, scan for recursive entity declarations and do not continue parsing potentially explosive content.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• File Upload (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V12.1.1 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Exponential Data Expansion (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design

   URL Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated and processed for authorization. Make sure that your application does not decode the same input twice.

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
• V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
• V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation

   When allocating a buffer for the purpose of transforming, converting, or encoding an input, allocate enough memory to handle the largest possible encoding. For example, in a routine that converts "&" characters to "&" for HTML entity encoding, the output buffer needs to be at least 5 times as large as the input…

2. Implementation

   Understand the programming language's underlying representation and how it interacts with numeric calculation (CWE-681). Pay close attention to byte size discrepancies, precision, signed/unsigned distinctions, truncation, conversion and casting between types, "not-a-number" calculations, and how the language handles…

3. Implementation · Input Validation

   Perform input validation on any numeric input by ensuring that it is within the expected range. Enforce that the input meets both the minimum and maximum requirements for the expected range.

Attack patterns

• Overflow Buffers (opens in a new tab)
• Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design

   Use regular expressions that do not support backtracking, e.g. by removing nested quantifiers.

2. System Configuration

   Set backtracking limits in the configuration of the regular expression implementation, such as PHP's pcre.backtrack_limit. Also consider limits on execution time for the process.

3. Implementation

   Do not use regular expressions with untrusted input. If regular expressions must be used, avoid using backtracking in the expression.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• File Upload (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V12.1.1 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Regular Expression Exponential Blowup (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation · Input Validation

   Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.

2. Architecture and Design

   For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks…

3. Implementation · Input Validation

   Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174).

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Authorization (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V12.3.1 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)
• Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic (opens in a new tab)
• Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls (opens in a new tab)
• Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)
• Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Requirements

   Clearly specify the minimum and maximum expectations for capabilities, and dictate which behaviors are acceptable when resource allocation reaches limits.

2. Architecture and Design

   Limit the amount of resources that are accessible to unprivileged users. Set per-user limits for resources. Allow the system administrator to define these limits. Be careful to avoid CWE-410.

3. Architecture and Design

   Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V8.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
• V13.4.1 (opens in a new tab)
• V11.1.4 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• XML Ping of the Death (opens in a new tab)
• Exponential Data Expansion (opens in a new tab)
• Serialized Data Parameter Blowup (opens in a new tab)
• Serialized Data with Nested Payloads (opens in a new tab)
• Oversized Serialized Data Payloads (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation

   For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished.

2. Requirements

   Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.

3. Implementation

   Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Logging (opens in a new tab)
• Error Handling (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V11.1.7 (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design · Separation of Privilege

   Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Authorization (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)
• Using Malicious Files (opens in a new tab)
• Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files (opens in a new tab)
• Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design

   Avoid adding user-controlled data into an expression interpreter when possible.

2. Implementation

   If user-controlled data must be added to an expression interpreter, one or more of the following should be performed: Validate that the user input will not evaluate as an expression; Encode the user input in a way that ensures it is not evaluated as an expression

3. System Configuration · Operation

   The framework or tooling might allow the developer to disable or deactivate the processing of EL expressions, such as setting the isELIgnored attribute for a JSP page to "true".

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
• Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
• Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• SQL Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• Injection Prevention in Java (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design · Implementation · Testing

   Access-control-policy protections must be reviewed for design inconsistency and common weaknesses.; Access-control-policy definition and programming flow must be tested in pre-silicon, post-silicon testing.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Docker Security (opens in a new tab)
• Third Party Javascript Management (opens in a new tab)
• Virtual Patching (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V1.4.4 (opens in a new tab)
• V1.4.5 (opens in a new tab)
• V1.10.1 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (opens in a new tab)
• Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation · Input Validation

   Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.

2. Implementation · Input Validation

   Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174).

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Secure Design Principles (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• XML Schema Poisoning (opens in a new tab)
• Session Credential Falsification through Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
• Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies (opens in a new tab)
• Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• File Upload (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V12.1.2 (opens in a new tab)
• V12.1.1 (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Architecture and Design

   If at all possible, use library calls rather than external processes to recreate the desired functionality.

2. Architecture and Design · Operation · Sandbox or Jail

   Run the code in a "jail" or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which files can be accessed in a particular directory or which commands can be executed by the software.

3. Architecture and Design · Attack Surface Reduction

   For any data that will be used to generate a command to be executed, keep as much of that data out of external control as possible. For example, in web applications, this may require storing the data locally in the session's state instead of sending it out to the client in a hidden form field.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• Injection Prevention in Java (opens in a new tab)
• OS Command Injection Defense (opens in a new tab)
• Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
• Deserialization (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V12.3.5 (opens in a new tab)
• V5.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
• V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Command Line Execution through SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)
• Command Delimiters (opens in a new tab)
• Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers (opens in a new tab)
• Argument Injection (opens in a new tab)
• OS Command Injection (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation

   The most basic advice for TOCTOU vulnerabilities is to not perform a check before the use. This does not resolve the underlying issue of the execution of a function on a resource whose state and identity cannot be assured, but it does help to limit the false sense of security given by the check.

2. Implementation

   When the file being altered is owned by the current user and group, set the effective gid and uid to that of the current user and group when executing this statement.

3. Architecture and Design

   Limit the interleaving of operations on files from multiple processes.

OWASP Cheat Sheets

• Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ASVS 4.0.3

• V1.11.3 (opens in a new tab)
• V11.1.6 (opens in a new tab)
• V1.11.2 (opens in a new tab)

Attack patterns

• Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links (opens in a new tab)
• Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions (opens in a new tab)

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

1. Implementation

   When locking and unlocking a resource, try to be sure that all control paths through the code in which the resource is locked one or more times correspond to exactly as many unlocks.

From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).