[CKAN-Security] Fwd: Upcoming CKAN release -- Security patches?

Sun Jun 30 21:31:08 UTC 2019

Your right. He's just giving the bare minimum.
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 17:17, Ian Ward <ian at excess.org> wrote:
>
> How does this fix work if we're still showing the apikey on the user's
> profile page? IIUC we'd have to disable that page too.
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 3:58 AM Adrià Mercader <adria.mercader at okfn.org> wrote:
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Eric Soroos <eric at derilinx.com>
> > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 13:02
> > Subject: Re: Upcoming CKAN release -- Security patches?
> > To: Adrià Mercader <adria.mercader at okfn.org>
> >
> >
> > Adrià,
> >
> > Thanks for getting back to me.  Since the initial email went out, I've
> > realized that this is perhaps a bit more dangerous than I realized.
> >
> > If someone can find an XSS vulnerability or CORS misconfiguration in a
> > CKAN install, then this is the only additional step to a full
> > compromise. I know that there's been one XSS bug in the past, and
> > given the plugin landscape, I'm certain that there are others out
> > there, even if CKAN core is fine.
> >
> > My experience in other open source communities is that this is a good
> > candidate for an embargoed release, as it's trivially exploitable if
> > someone has one other bug in their pocket. I realize that this is a
> > hard issue to do in a point release, as it intentionally breaks some
> > backwards compatibility, but having a patch and a plan is far
> > preferable to not having a patch and having the security issue leak
> > anyway.
> >
> > FWIW, this is the hotfix patch that I'm using, It appears to be good
> > for my uses.  It fixes the basic leak, but doesn't go any farther.
> >
> > diff --git a/ckan/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
> > b/ckan/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
> > index 9acb150..44e1eda 100644
> > --- a/ckan/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
> > +++ b/ckan/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
> > @@ -577,16 +577,11 @@ def user_dictize(user, context,
> > include_password_hash=False):
> >          result_dict['apikey'] = apikey
> >
> >
> >
> >      if requester == user.name:
> > -        result_dict['apikey'] = apikey
> >          result_dict['email'] = email
> >
> >
> >
> >      if authz.is_sysadmin(requester):
> > -        result_dict['apikey'] = apikey
> >          result_dict['email'] = email
> >
> >
> >
> > -        if include_password_hash:
> > -            result_dict['password_hash'] = password_hash
> > -
> >      model = context['model']
> >      session = model.Session
> >
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/ckan/ckanext/datapusher/logic/action.py
> > b/ckan/ckanext/datapusher/logic/action.py
> > index b530273..da6bf54 100644
> > --- a/ckan/ckanext/datapusher/logic/action.py
> > +++ b/ckan/ckanext/datapusher/logic/action.py
> > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def datapusher_submit(context, data_dict):
> >      site_url = h.url_for('/', qualified=True)
> >      callback_url = h.url_for('/api/3/action/datapusher_hook', qualified=True)
> >
> >
> >
> > +    context['keep_apikey'] = True
> >      user = p.toolkit.get_action('user_show')(context, {'id': context['user']})
> >
> >
> >
> >      for plugin in p.PluginImplementations(interfaces.IDataPusher):
> >
> >
> > eric
> >
> >
> > On Jun 26, 2019, at 11:10 AM, Adrià Mercader <adria.mercader at okfn.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > Thanks for reaching out, and many apologies that we didn't get back to
> > you on your original email. I don't know what happened but we
> > obviously failed to respond adequately.
> >
> > The upcoming patch releases doesn't contain any API key related
> > changes. You raise some very valid points in your email and there have
> > been discussions around API key management refactoring for a while but
> > due to limited resources we haven't been able to work on that front.
> > Perhaps your employer can help fund work on this?
> >
> > We can discuss the issue and come up with an implementation plan on
> > the next dev meeting (https://hack.allmende.io/ckan-meeting#) You are
> > more than welcome to join and discuss the issue with the tech team and
> > others (meetings are open to everyone)
> >
> > Best,
> >
> >
> > Adrià
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 11:51, Eric Soroos <eric at derilinx.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Adrià,
> >
> > I was wondering if you could tell me if the security issue that I
> > raised on the security at ckan.org list on May 29 is going to be patched
> > in the upcoming point releases?
> >
> > I haven't heard anything back from the CKAN org, and I'm worried about this one.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > eric
> >
> > Eric Soroos, Senior Developer
> > Derilinx - Linked & Open Data Solutions
> >
> > Web: www.derilinx.com
> > Email: eric at derilinx.com
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> >
> >
> > Eric Soroos, Senior Developer
> > Derilinx - Linked & Open Data Solutions
> >
> > Web: www.derilinx.com
> > Email: eric at derilinx.com
> > Address: 11/12 Baggot Court, Dublin 2, D02 F891
> > Tel: +353 (0)1 254 4316
> > Mob: +353 (0)83 8730257
> > Twitter: @derilinx
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