NoSQL Means No Security?

A presentation at Voxxed Days Bristol in October 2018 in Bristol, UK by Philipp Krenn

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DEVELOPER

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https://db-engines.com/en/ranking

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Injections

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JavaScript Injection HTTP://WWW.KALZUMEUS.COM/2010/09/22/SECURITY-LESSONS-LEARNED-FROM-THE-DIASPORA-LAUNCH/ def self.search(query) Person.all('$where' => "function() { return this.diaspora_handle.match(/^#{query}/i) || this.profile.first_name.match(/^#{query}/i) || this.profile.last_name.match(/^#{query}/i); }") end

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Problem JS Evaluation $where db.eval() db.runCommand( { mapReduce: db.collection.group()

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Solution JS Evaluation --noscripting OR security.javascriptEnabled: false

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Saarbrücker Cybersicherheits-Studenten entdecken bis zu 40.000 ungesicherte Datenbanken im Internet — http://www.uni-saarland.de/nc/aktuelles/artikel/nr/12173.html, Feb 2015

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Massive ransomware attack takes out 27,000 MongoDB servers — http://www.techrepublic.com/article/massive-ransomware-attacktakes-out-27000-mongodb-servers/, Jan 2017

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Bound to all interfaces by default?

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Authentication enabled by default?

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Authentication & Authorization

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Enable auth=true

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<3.0 MONGODB CHALLENGE RESPONSE (MONGODB-CR)

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=3.0 IETF RFC 5802 (SCRAM-SHA-1) >=4.0 SCRAM-SHA-256

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SCRAM-SHA-1 CONFIGURABLE iterationCount SALT PER USER INSTEAD OF SERVER SHA-1 INSTEAD OF MD5 SERVER AUTHENTICATES AGAINST THE CLIENT AS WELL

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Predefined Roles read / readAnyDatabase readWrite / readWriteAnyDatabase dbAdmin / dbAdminAnyDatabase userAdmin / userAdminAnyDatabase dbOwner BACKUP, RESTORE, CLUSTER MANAGEMENT,...

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=3.0 SSL INCLUDED (ALMOST) EVERYWHERE

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Research shows 75% of ‘open’ Redis servers infected — https://www.incapsula.com/blog/report-75-of-open-redis-serversare-infected.html, May 2018

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Let’s crack Redis for fun and no profit at all given I’m the developer of this thing — http://antirez.com/news/96, Nov 2015

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Bound to all interfaces by default?

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Protected Mode

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=3.2.0 ANSWER LOCAL QUERIES RESPOND WITH AN ERROR FOR REMOTE

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Authentication & Authorization

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a tiny layer of authentication — http://redis.io/topics/security

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AUTH <password> COMMAND PLAIN-TEXT PASSWORD IN REDIS.CONF NO (BUILT-IN) SSL OR RATE LIMITS

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Hiding Commands

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SET IN REDIS.CONF RESET AFTER RESTART

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rename-command CONFIG mysecretconfigname

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rename-command CONFIG ""

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PS: Don't Pass in Random Lua Scripts

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Redis EVAL command allows execution of Lua scripts, and such feature should be allowed by default since is a fundamental Redis feature. — http://antirez.com/news/118, Jun 2018

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Redis Lua scripting: several security vulnerabilities fixed — http://antirez.com/news/119, Jun 2018

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Future

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REDIS 6 ACL & TLS HTTP://ANTIREZ.COM/NEWS/118, JUN 2018

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Bound to all interfaces by default?

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Broadcasting on the local subnet?

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Running as root?

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Scripting

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ELASTICSEARCH HTTPS://WWW.ELASTIC.CO/COMMUNITY/SECURITY CVE-2014-3120 CVE-2014-6439 CVE-2015-1427 CVE-2015-3337 CVE-2015-4165 CVE-2015-5377 CVE-2015-5531 CVE-2018-3826 (6.8): (4.3): (6.8): (4.3): (3.3): (5.1): (5.0): (X.X): Dynamic scripting CORS misconfiguration Groovy sandbox escape Directory traversal File modifications RCE related to Groovy Directory traversal Disclosure flaw

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ELASTICSEARCH HTTPS://WWW.ELASTIC.CO/COMMUNITY/SECURITY CVE-2014-3120 CVE-2014-6439 CVE-2015-1427 CVE-2015-3337 CVE-2015-4165 CVE-2015-5377 CVE-2015-5531 CVE-2018-3826 (6.8): (4.3): (6.8): (4.3): (3.3): (5.1): (5.0): (X.X): Dynamic scripting CORS misconfiguration Groovy sandbox escape Directory traversal File modifications RCE related to Groovy Directory traversal Disclosure flaw

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Painless

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HIRED DEVELOPER 1 YEAR DEVELOPMENT

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Why build a brand new language when there are already so many to choose from? — https://www.elastic.co/blog/painless-a-new-scripting-language

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Goal SECURE & PERFORMANT

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POST posts/doc/1/_update { "script": { "lang": "painless", "source": """ if(ctx._source.details.containsKey("plus_ones")) { ctx._source.details.plus_ones++; } else { ctx._source.details.plus_ones = 1; } """ } }

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Painless DEFAULT GROOVY, PYTHON, JAVASCRIPT REMOVED IN 6.X

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Authentication & Authorization

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$ curl yellow yellow yellow yellow -XGET 'http://67.205.153.88:9200/_cat/indices' open goal12 5 1 9397 0 27mb 27mb open please_read 5 1 1 0 4.9kb 4.9kb open un-webhose 5 1 2294 1 25.4mb 25.4mb open goal11 5 1 4828 0 13.3mb 13.3mb

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$ curl -XGET 'http://67.205.153.88:9200/please_read/_search?pretty' { "took" : 1, "timed_out" : false, "_shards" : { "total" : 5, "successful" : 5, "failed" : 0 }, "hits" : { "total" : 1, "max_score" : 1.0, "hits" : [ { "_index" : "please_read", "_type" : "info", "_id" : "AVm3qmXeus_FduwRD54v", "_score" : 1.0, "_source" : { "Info" : "Your DB is Backed up at our servers, to restore send 0.5 BTC to the Bitcoin Address then send an email with your server ip", "Bitcoin Address" : "12JNfaS2Gzic2vqzGMvDEo38MQSX1kDQrx", "Email" : "elasticsearch@mail2tor.com" } } ] } }

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Conclusion

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Injections Are Still a Thing

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Enable Security by Default

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Be Creative — Or Not

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Custom Scripting Can Make Sense

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Security Takes Time

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Thanks! QUESTIONS? Philipp Krenn @xeraa