security-misc/debian/control

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Source: security-misc
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12), genmkfile, config-package-dev
Homepage: https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc.git
Standards-Version: 4.3.0

Package: security-misc
Architecture: all
Depends: python, libglib2.0-bin, libpam-runtime, libpam-cgfs, ${misc:Depends}
Replaces: tcp-timestamps-disable
Description: enhances misc security settings
 kernel hardening:
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  * deactivates Netfilter's connection tracking helper
 Netfilter's connection tracking helper module increases kernel attack
 surface by enabling superfluous functionality such as IRC parsing in
 the kernel. (!) Hence, this package disables this feature by shipping the
 /etc/modprobe.d/30_nf_conntrack_helper_disable.conf configuration file.
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  * Kernel symbols in /proc/kallsyms are hidden to prevent malware from
 reading them and using them to learn more about what to attack on your system.
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  * Kexec is disabled as it can be used for live patching of the running
 kernel.
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  * ASLR effectiveness for mmap is increased.
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  * The TCP/IP stack is hardened.
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  * his package makes some data spoofing attacks harder.
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  * SACK is disabled as it is commonly exploited and is rarely used.
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  * This package disables the merging of slabs of similar sizes to prevent an
 attacker from exploiting them.
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  * Sanity checks, redzoning, and memory poisoning are enabled.
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  * The kernel now panics on uncorrectable errors in ECC memory which could
 be exploited.
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  * Kernel Page Table Isolation is enabled to mitigate Meltdown and increase
 KASLR effectiveness.
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  * SMT is disabled as it can be used to exploit the MDS vulnerability.
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  * All mitigations for the MDS vulnerability are enabled.
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  * The SysRq key is restricted to only allow shutdowns/reboots.
 A systemd service clears System.map on boot as these contain kernel symbols
 that could be useful to an attacker.
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  * Coredumps are disabled as they may contain important information such as
 encryption keys or passwords.
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  * The thunderbolt and firewire modules are blacklisted as they can be 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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  * The kernel now panics on oopses to prevent it from continuing running a
 flawed process.
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 Uncommon network protocols are blacklisted:
 These are rarely used and may have unknown vulnerabilities.
 /etc/modprobe.d/uncommon-network-protocols.conf
 The network protocols that are blacklisted are:
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  * DCCP - Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
  * SCTP - Stream Control Transmission Protocol
  * RDS - Reliable Datagram Sockets
  * TIPC - Transparent Inter-process Communication
  * HDLC - High-Level Data Link Control
  * AX25 - Amateur X.25
  * NetRom
  * X25
  * ROSE
  * DECnet
  * Econet
  * af_802154 - IEEE 802.15.4
  * IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange
  * AppleTalk
  * PSNAP - Subnetwork Access Protocol
  * p8023 - Novell raw IEEE 802.3
  * LLC - IEEE 802.2
  * p8022 - IEEE 802.2
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 user restrictions:
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  * A systemd service mounts /proc with hidepid=2 at boot to prevent users from
 seeing each other's processes.
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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
 users from using `su` to gain root access or to switch user accounts.
 /usr/share/pam-configs/security-misc
 (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
 login as a user in a virtual console is still possible.
 debian/security-misc.postinst
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 * Lock user accounts after 5 failed login attempts using pam_tally2.
 /usr/share/pam-configs/security-misc
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  * Logging into the root account from a virtual, serial, whatnot console is
 prevented by shipping an existing and empty /etc/securetty.
 (Deletion of /etc/securetty has a different effect.)
 /etc/securetty.security-misc
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 access rights restrictions:
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  * The default umask is changed to 006. This allows only the owner and group
 to read and write to newly created files.
 /etc/login.defs.security-misc
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  * Enables pam_umask.so usergroups so group permissions are same as user
 permissions. Debian by default uses User Private Groups (UPG).
 https://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups
 /usr/share/pam-configs/usergroups
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  * Removes read, write and execute access for others for all users who have
 home folders under folder /home by running for example
 "chmod o-rwx /home/user"
 during package installation or upgrade. This will be done only once per folder
 in folder /home so users who wish to relax file permissions are free to do so.
 This is to protect previously created files in user home folder which were
 previously created with lax file permissions prior installation of this
 package.
 debian/security-misc.postinst
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 access rights relaxations:
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 This package does (not yet) automatically lock the root account password.
 It is not clear that would be sane in such a package.
 It is recommended to lock and expire the root account.
 In new Whonix builds, root account will be locked by package
 anon-base-files.
 https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Root
 https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Permissions
 https://forums.whonix.org/t/restrict-root-access/7658
 However, a locked root password will break rescue and emergency shell.
 Therefore this package enables passwordless resuce and emergency shell.
 This is the same solution that Debian will likely addapt for Debian
 installer.
 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802211
 Adverse security effects can be prevented by setting up BIOS password
 protection, grub password protection and/or full disk encryption.
 /etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d/override.conf
 /etc/systemd/system/rescue.service.d/override.conf
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 Disables TCP Time Stamps:
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 TCP time stamps (RFC 1323) allow for tracking clock
 information with millisecond resolution. This may or may not allow an
 attacker to learn information about the system clock at such
 a resolution, depending on various issues such as network lag.
 This information is available to anyone who monitors the network
 somewhere between the attacked system and the destination server.
 It may allow an attacker to find out how long a given
 system has been running, and to distinguish several
 systems running behind NAT and using the same IP address. It might
 also allow one to look for clocks that match an expected value to find the
 public IP used by a user.
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 Hence, this package disables this feature by shipping the
 /etc/sysctl.d/tcp_timestamps.conf configuration file.
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 Note that TCP time stamps normally have some usefulness. They are
 needed for:
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  * the TCP protection against wrapped sequence numbers; however, to
   trigger a wrap, one needs to send roughly 2^32 packets in one
   minute:  as said in RFC 1700, "The current recommended default
   time to live (TTL) for the Internet Protocol (IP) [45,105] is 64".
   So, this probably won't be a practical problem in the context
   of Anonymity Distributions.
  * "Round-Trip Time Measurement", which is only useful when the user
   manages to saturate their connection. When using Anonymity Distributions,
   probably the limiting factor for transmission speed is rarely the capacity
   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
  * Deactivates previews in Dolphin.
  * Deactivates previews in Nautilus.
  * Deactivates thumbnails in Thunar.