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# enhances misc security settings #
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Inspired by Kernel Self Protection Project (KSPP)
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* Implements most if not all recommended Linux kernel settings (sysctl) and
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kernel parameters by KSPP.
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* https://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Kernel_Self_Protection_Project
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kernel hardening:
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* deactivates Netfilter's connection tracking helper
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Netfilter's connection tracking helper module increases kernel attack
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surface by enabling superfluous functionality such as IRC parsing in
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the kernel. (!) Hence, this package disables this feature by shipping the
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`/etc/modprobe.d/30_security-misc.conf` configuration file.
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* Kernel symbols in various files in `/proc` are hidden as they can be
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very useful for kernel exploits.
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* Kexec is disabled as it can be used to load a malicious kernel.
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`/etc/modprobe.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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* ASLR effectiveness for mmap is increased.
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* The TCP/IP stack is hardened by disabling ICMP redirect acceptance,
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ICMP redirect sending and source routing to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks,
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ignoring all ICMP requests, enabling TCP syncookies to prevent SYN flood
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attacks, enabling RFC1337 to protect against time-wait assassination
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attacks and enabling reverse path filtering to prevent IP spoofing and
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mitigate vulnerabilities such as CVE-2019-14899.
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* Avoids unintentional writes to attacker-controlled files.
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* Prevents symlink/hardlink TOCTOU races.
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* SACK can be disabled as it is commonly exploited and is rarely used by
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uncommenting settings in file `/etc/sysctl.d/30_security-misc.conf`.
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* Slab merging is disabled as sometimes a slab can be used in a vulnerable
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way which an attacker can exploit.
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* Sanity checks and redzoning are enabled.
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* Memory zeroing at allocation and free time is enabled.
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* The machine check tolerance level is decreased which makes the kernel panic
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on uncorrectable errors in ECC memory that could be exploited.
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* Kernel Page Table Isolation is enabled to mitigate Meltdown and increase
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KASLR effectiveness.
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* Enables all mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities and disables SMT.
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* A systemd service clears System.map on boot as these contain kernel symbols
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that could be useful to an attacker.
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`/etc/kernel/postinst.d/30_remove-system-map`
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`/lib/systemd/system/remove-system-map.service`
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`/usr/lib/security-misc/remove-system.map`
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* Coredumps are disabled as they may contain important information such as
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encryption keys or passwords.
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`/etc/security/limits.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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`/etc/sysctl.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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`/lib/systemd/coredump.conf.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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* The thunderbolt and firewire kernel modules are blacklisted as they can be
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used for DMA (Direct Memory Access) attacks.
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* IOMMU is enabled with a boot parameter to prevent DMA attacks.
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* Bluetooth is blacklisted to reduce attack surface. Bluetooth also has
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a history of security concerns.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#History_of_security_concerns
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`/etc/modprobe.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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* A systemd service restricts `/proc/cpuinfo`, `/proc/bus`, `/proc/scsi` and
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`/sys` to the root user only. This hides a lot of hardware identifiers from
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unprivileged users and increases security as `/sys` exposes a lot of
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information that shouldn't be accessible to unprivileged users. As this will
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break many things, it is disabled by default and can optionally be enabled by
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running `systemctl enable hide-hardware-info.service` as root.
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`/usr/lib/security-misc/hide-hardware-info`
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`/lib/systemd/system/hide-hardware-info.service`
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`/lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/sysfs.conf`
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`/etc/hide-hardware-info.d/30_default.conf`
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* The MSR kernel module is blacklisted to prevent CPU MSRs from being
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abused to write to arbitrary memory.
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* Vsyscalls are disabled as they are obsolete, are at fixed addresses and are
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a target for ROP.
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* Page allocator freelist randomization is enabled.
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* The vivid kernel module is blacklisted as it's only required for testing
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and has been the cause of multiple vulnerabilities.
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* An initramfs hook sets the sysctl values in `/etc/sysctl.conf` and
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`/etc/sysctl.d` before init is executed so sysctl hardening is enabled
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as early as possible.
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* The kernel panics on oopses to prevent it from continuing to run a flawed
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process and to deter brute forcing.
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* Restricts the SysRq key so it can only be used for shutdowns and the
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Secure Attention Key.
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* Restricts loading line disciplines to `CAP_SYS_MODULE`.
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* Restricts the `userfaultfd()` syscall to root.
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* Access to debugfs is restricted as it can contain a lot of sensitive
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information.
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Improve Entropy Collection
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* Load `jitterentropy_rng` kernel module.
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`/usr/lib/modules-load.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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* Distrusts the CPU for initial entropy at boot as it is not possible to
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audit, may contain weaknesses or a backdoor.
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND#Reception
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* https://twitter.com/pid_eins/status/1149649806056280069
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* For more references, see:
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* `/etc/default/grub.d/40_distrust_cpu.cfg`
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* Gathers more entropy during boot if using the linux-hardened kernel patch.
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Uncommon network protocols are blacklisted:
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These are rarely used and may have unknown vulnerabilities.
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`/etc/modprobe.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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The network protocols that are blacklisted are:
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* DCCP - Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
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* SCTP - Stream Control Transmission Protocol
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* RDS - Reliable Datagram Sockets
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* TIPC - Transparent Inter-process Communication
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* HDLC - High-Level Data Link Control
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* AX25 - Amateur X.25
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* NetRom
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* X25
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* ROSE
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* DECnet
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* Econet
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* af_802154 - IEEE 802.15.4
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* IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange
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* AppleTalk
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* PSNAP - Subnetwork Access Protocol
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* p8023 - Novell raw IEEE 802.3
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* p8022 - IEEE 802.2
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user restrictions:
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* remount `/home`, `/tmp`, `/dev/shm` and `/run` with `nosuid,nodev`
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(default) and `noexec` (opt-in). To disable this, run
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`sudo touch /etc/remount-disable`. To opt-in `noexec`, run
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`sudo touch /etc/noexec` and reboot (easiest).
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Alternatively file `/usr/local/etc/remount-disable` or file
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`/usr/local/etc/noexec` could be used.
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`/lib/systemd/system/remount-secure.service`
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`/usr/lib/security-misc/remount-secure`
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* An optional systemd service mounts `/proc` with `hidepid=2` at boot to
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prevent users from seeing each other's processes. Not enabled because not
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compatible with pkexec.
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* The kernel logs are restricted to root only.
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* The BPF JIT compiler is restricted to the root user and is hardened.
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* The ptrace system call is restricted to the root user only.
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restricts access to the root account:
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* `su` is restricted to only users within the group `sudo` which prevents
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users from using `su` to gain root access or to switch user accounts.
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`/usr/share/pam-configs/wheel-security-misc`
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(Which results in a change in file `/etc/pam.d/common-auth`.)
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* Add user `root` to group `sudo`. This is required to make above work so
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login as a user in a virtual console is still possible.
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`debian/security-misc.postinst`
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* Abort login for users with locked passwords.
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`/usr/lib/security-misc/pam-abort-on-locked-password`
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* Logging into the root account from a virtual, serial, whatnot console is
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prevented by shipping an existing and empty `/etc/securetty`.
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(Deletion of `/etc/securetty` has a different effect.)
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`/etc/securetty.security-misc`
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* Console Lockdown.
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Allow members of group 'console' to use console.
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Everyone else except members of group
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'console-unrestricted' are restricted from using console using ancient,
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unpopular login methods such as using `/bin/login` over networks, which might
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be exploitable. (CVE-2001-0797) Using pam_access.
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Not enabled by default in this package since this package does not know which
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users shall be added to group 'console' and would break console.
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`/usr/share/pam-configs/console-lockdown-security-misc`
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`/etc/security/access-security-misc.conf`
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Protect Linux user accounts against brute force attacks.
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Lock user accounts after 50 failed login attempts using `pam_tally2`.
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`/usr/share/pam-configs/tally2-security-misc`
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informational output during Linux PAM:
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* Show failed and remaining password attempts.
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* Document unlock procedure if Linux user account got locked.
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* Point out, that there is no password feedback for `su`.
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* Explain locked (root) account if locked.
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* `/usr/share/pam-configs/tally2-security-misc`
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* `/usr/lib/security-misc/pam_tally2-info`
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* `/usr/lib/security-misc/pam-abort-on-locked-password`
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access rights restrictions:
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* Strong Linux User Account Separation.
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Removes read, write and execute access for others for all users who have
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home folders under folder `/home` by running for example
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"chmod o-rwx /home/user"
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during package installation, upgrade or pam `mkhomedir`. This will be done
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only once per folder in folder `/home` so users who wish to relax file
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permissions are free to
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do so. This is to protect previously created files in user home folder which
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were previously created with lax file permissions prior installation of this
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package.
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`debian/security-misc.postinst`
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`/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-lockdown`
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`/usr/share/pam-configs/mkhomedir-security-misc`
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* SUID / GUID removal and permission hardening.
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A systemd service removed SUID / GUID from non-essential binaries as these are
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often used in privilege escalation attacks.
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It is disabled by default for now during testing and can optionally be enabled
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by running `systemctl enable permission-hardening.service` as root.
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https://forums.whonix.org/t/disable-suid-binaries/7706
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`/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening`
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`/lib/systemd/system/permission-hardening.service`
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`/etc/permission-hardening.d/30_default.conf`
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access rights relaxations:
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Redirect calls for `pkexec` to `lxqt-sudo` because `pkexec` is incompatible
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with `hidepid`.
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860040
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https://forums.whonix.org/t/cannot-use-pkexec/8129
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`/usr/bin/pkexec.security-misc`
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This package does (not yet) automatically lock the root account password.
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It is not clear that would be sane in such a package.
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It is recommended to lock and expire the root account.
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In new Whonix builds, root account will be locked by package
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dist-base-files.
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https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Root
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https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Permissions
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https://forums.whonix.org/t/restrict-root-access/7658
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However, a locked root password will break rescue and emergency shell.
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Therefore this package enables passwordless rescue and emergency shell.
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This is the same solution that Debian will likely adapt for Debian
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installer.
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802211
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Adverse security effects can be prevented by setting up BIOS password
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protection, grub password protection and/or full disk encryption.
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`/etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d/override.conf`
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`/etc/systemd/system/rescue.service.d/override.conf`
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Let the kernel only swap if it is absolutely necessary.
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`/etc/sysctl.d/30_security-misc.conf`
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Disables TCP Time Stamps:
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TCP time stamps (RFC 1323) allow for tracking clock
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information with millisecond resolution. This may or may not allow an
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attacker to learn information about the system clock at such
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a resolution, depending on various issues such as network lag.
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This information is available to anyone who monitors the network
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somewhere between the attacked system and the destination server.
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It may allow an attacker to find out how long a given
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system has been running, and to distinguish several
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systems running behind NAT and using the same IP address. It might
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also allow one to look for clocks that match an expected value to find the
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public IP used by a user.
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Hence, this package disables this feature by shipping the
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`/etc/sysctl.d/30_security-misc.conf` configuration file.
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Note that TCP time stamps normally have some usefulness. They are
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needed for:
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* the TCP protection against wrapped sequence numbers; however, to
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trigger a wrap, one needs to send roughly 2^32 packets in one
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minute: as said in RFC 1700, "The current recommended default
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time to live (TTL) for the Internet Protocol (IP) [45,105] is 64".
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So, this probably won't be a practical problem in the context
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of Anonymity Distributions.
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* "Round-Trip Time Measurement", which is only useful when the user
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manages to saturate their connection. When using Anonymity Distributions,
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probably the limiting factor for transmission speed is rarely the capacity
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of the user connection.
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Application specific hardening:
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* Enables APT seccomp-BPF sandboxing. `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/40sandbox`
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* Deactivates previews in Dolphin.
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* Deactivates previews in Nautilus.
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`/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/30_security-misc.gschema.override`
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* Deactivates thumbnails in Thunar.
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* Enables punycode (`network.IDN_show_punycode`) by default in Thunderbird
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to make phishing attacks more difficult. Fixing URL not showing real Domain
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Name (Homograph attack).
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* Security and privacy enhancements for gnupg's config file
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`/etc/skel/.gnupg/gpg.conf`. See also:
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https://raw.github.com/ioerror/torbirdy/master/gpg.conf
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https://github.com/ioerror/torbirdy/pull/11
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Want more? Look into these:
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* Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG)
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* tirdad - TCP ISN CPU Information Leak Protection.
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* Whonix ™ - Anonymous Operating System
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* Kicksecure ™ - A Security-hardened, Non-anonymous Linux Distribution
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* SecBrowser ™ - A Security-hardened, Non-anonymous Browser
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* And more.
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* https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Linux_Kernel_Runtime_Guard_LKRG
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* https://github.com/Whonix/tirdad
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* https://www.whonix.org
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* https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Kicksecure
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* https://www.whonix.org/wiki/SecBrowser
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* https://github.com/Whonix
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Discussion:
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Happening primarily in Whonix forums.
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https://forums.whonix.org/t/kernel-hardening/7296
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## How to install `security-misc` using apt-get ##
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1\. Download Whonix's Signing Key.
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```
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wget https://www.whonix.org/patrick.asc
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```
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Users can [check Whonix Signing Key](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Whonix_Signing_Key) for better security.
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2\. Add Whonix's signing key.
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```
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sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whonix.gpg add ~/patrick.asc
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```
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3\. Add Whonix's APT repository.
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```
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echo "deb https://deb.whonix.org buster main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list
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```
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4\. Update your package lists.
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```
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sudo apt-get update
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```
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5\. Install `security-misc`.
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```
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sudo apt-get install security-misc
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```
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## How to Build deb Package from Source Code ##
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Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:
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```
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dpkg-buildpackage -b
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```
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See instructions. (Replace `generic-package` with the actual name of this package `security-misc`.)
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* **A)** [easy](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Build_Documentation/generic-package/easy), _OR_
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* **B)** [including verifying software signatures](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Build_Documentation/generic-package)
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## Contact ##
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* [Free Forum Support](https://forums.whonix.org)
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* [Professional Support](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Professional_Support)
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## Donate ##
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`security-misc` requires [donations](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Donate) to stay alive!
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