Secure Architecture and Programming 101

Secure Architecture and
Programming 101
Mario-Leander Reimer, QAware GmbH
O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference in London 2016

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$ whoami
Mario-Leander Reimer
Chief Technologist, QAware GmbH
mario-leander.reimer@qaware.de
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Security seems to be the most
underrated non functional
requirement in software engineering.
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COLIN ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGES
https://www.wired.com/2015/05/possible-passengers-hack-commercial-aircraft/
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR PASSENGERS TO HACK  
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT?

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
HACKERS REMOTELY KILL A JEEP ON THE HIGHWAY
WITH ME IN IT!

Open Sesame!
http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/BMW-ConnectedDrive-gehackt-2533601.html

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https://xkcd.com/1354/

The Java exploit for Heartbleed only had 186 lines of code.  
The patch for Heartblead only added 4 lines of code!
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Checks for correct bounds
of record length added

Apple‘s SSL bug: goto fail;
Always
called
Success!? Not quite.
/* never called */

Probably all security vulnerabilities
are caused by poor, negligent or just
plain unsafe programming!
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Know your attackers’ tools.
• Have a look at http://sectools.org
• Network scanners, Sniffers, Web Application Vulnerability Scanners,
Exploit toolkits, Password crackers, …
• Most of these security tools are freely available.
• We can use some of these tools to test our own applications!
• https://n0where.net/best-web-application-vulnerability-scanners/
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OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Demo.
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https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project

One single line of code can be the root of all evil …
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@WebServlet(name = "DownloadServlet", urlPatterns = "/download")
public class DownloadServlet extends HttpServlet {
@Override
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
throws ServletException, IOException {
// translate src parameter to full file system path
String src = req.getParameter("src");
File file = new File(getServletContext().getRealPath("/"), "/" + src);
if (file.exists() && file.canRead() && file.isFile()) {
// copy file contents to servlet output stream
Files.copy(file.toPath(), resp.getOutputStream());
} else {
resp.sendError(404);
}
}
}

The OWASP Top 10 Security Risks.
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A1-Injection
A2-Broken
Authentication and
Session
Management
A3-Cross-Site
Scripting (XSS)
A4-Insecure Direct
Object References
A5-Security
Misconﬁguration
A6-Sensitive Data
Exposure
A7-Missing
Function Level
Access Control
A8-Cross-Site
Request Forgery
(CSRF)
A9-Using
Components with
known
Vulnerabilities
A10-
Unvalidated
Redirects and
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2013-Top_10

How can we do better?
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Only 3 sources and 221 rules for better, stable and
more secure code.
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Secure Coding Guidelines for Java SE
Updated for Java SE 8, Version: 5.0, Last updated: 25 September 2014
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/seccodeguide-139067.html
The CERT™ Oracle™ Secure Coding Standard for Java
Fred Long, Dhruv Mohindra, Robert C. Seacord, Dean F. Sutherland, David Svoboda
Rules are also available online at www.securecoding.cert.org
Java Coding Guidelines
Fred Long, Dhruv Mohindra, Robert C. Seacord, Dean F. Sutherland, David Svoboda

Clean Code
and Defensive
Programming

Practice good software craftsmanship.
• Take pride in what you do and build.
• Follow clean code principles. Program defensively.
• Perform regular peer reviews.
• Constantly measure software quality.
• Make your software quality omnipresent.
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Concurrency & Thread Programming

MSC03-J. Never hard code sensitive information.
What’s the problem?
Sensitive information should never be hard coded. If the system is compromised, this
information can be easily retrieved. Access to further resources may be possible.
How can we exploit the code?
Simply by disassembling the relevant code, using tools like javap, JAD, dirtyJOE.
How can we do better?
Obtain information from a secure conﬁguration ﬁle, system property or environment var.
Use the security features of your infrastructure, such as password aliases.
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A very very … bad example of a login component.
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public class InsecureLogin {
private static final String USERNAME = "TheDude";
private static final String PASSWORD = "BigLebowski";
public boolean authenticated(String user, String pwd) {
return USERNAME.equals(user) && PASSWORD.equals(pwd);
}
}

javap -c InsecureLogin.class
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public class InsecureLogin {
private static final String USERNAME = "TheDude";
private static final String PASSWORD = "BigLebowski";
public boolean authenticated(String user, String pwd) {
return USERNAME.equals(user) && PASSWORD.equals(pwd);
}
}

Use the security features of your infrastructure.
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asadmin> create-password-alias 
Enter the value for the aliasname operand> secpro_password_alias 
Enter the alias password> qwertz123 
Enter the alias password again> qwertz123
-Dmaster.password=${ALIAS=secpro_password_alias}
-Dsecure.password=tvtCEwfdmUAzXaKKlYQM6XYIjgQHzCZHZG/8SbdBQ+Vk9 
yH7PDK+x0aIgSZ2pvfWbC0avXyF3Ow+tWleYlnideYwXpyJXrkhv+DRdQthEmM=
This will be replaced by the
container automatically.
Encrypt passwords using master password with PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1

To store passwords, use a cryptographic function
designed for password hashing like PBKDF2.
• Do not roll your own crypto!
• Do not use insecure hashing algorithms such as MD5 or SHA1!
• No security through obscurity!
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Heimdall - Secure Password Hashing
https://github.com/qaware/heimdall
http://qaware.blogspot.de/2015/03/secure-password-storage-and.html

Use Maven security features to encrypt passwords.
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<server>
<id>nexus-internal</id>
<username>mario-leander.reimer</username>
<password>{mMYSehjThblablablablag8RGTARRtzc=}</password>
</server>
<settingsSecurity>
<master>{e8wIyEjahdijadija2blabYW4re9xlNIVREUKQA=}</master>
</settingsSecurity>
$ mvn --encrypt-master-password <arg>
$ mvn --encrypt-password <arg>

Secure passwords using Gradle Credentials plugin
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plugins {
id 'de.qaware.seu.as.code.credentials' version '2.4.0'
}
repositories {
maven {
url 'https://your.company.com/nexus/repo'
credentials {
username project.credentials['Nexus'].username
password project.credentials['Nexus'].password
}
}
}

Only up to 10% of the overall
bytecode instructions in modern JEE
applications are your code!!!
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About 26% of the downloaded
libraries on Maven Central contain
known vulnerabilities!
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https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSec_DC_2012/The_Unfortunate_Reality_of_Insecure_Libraries

Know your dependencies! The secure usage of open source
components and frameworks is key to application security.
• How to secure an application against security issues in OSS?
• Upgrading your dependencies to the latest versions is crucial. Urgent
security ﬁxes are usually only applied to the latest release.
• Monitor security issues of used frameworks in public databases
(CVE, NVD) and mailing lists.
• Implement security decorators to disable or secure weak and unused
framework functionality.
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mvn versions:display-dependency-updates
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[INFO] The following dependencies in Dependencies have newer versions:
[INFO] com.sun.faces:jsf-api ......................................... 2.1.10 -> 2.2.12
[INFO] com.sun.jersey:jersey-client ..................................... 1.9.1 -> 1.19
[INFO] commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload ........................... 1.2.1 -> 1.3.1
[INFO] org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient ............................ 4.2.1 -> 4.5.1
[INFO] org.apache.solr:solr-core ....................................... 4.6.1 -> 5.3.1

mvn org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:check
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mvn org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:check
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VersionEye notiﬁes you about out-dated dependencies,
security vulnerabilities and license violations.
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buildscript { 
repositories { 
jcenter() 
} 
dependencies { 
classpath 'org.standardout:gradle-versioneye-plugin:1.4.0' 
} 
} 
 
apply plugin: 'org.standardout.versioneye' 
 
versioneye { 
dependencies = transitive 
includeSubProjects = true 
includePlugins = false 
exclude 'testCompile', 'testRuntime' 
}
Easy conﬁguration via the
plugin convention

A quick VersionEye overview.
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https://www.versioneye.com/user/projects/57af1de9b56d6b001694ab24

The anatomy of a secure component.
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Secure Component
Canonicalization
and Normalization
Input Sanitization Validation
Output
Sanitization
Command Interpreter
(RDBMS)
Command Interpreter
(Browser, File, ...)
Untrusted
Data

The internal design of secure components
is inﬂuenced by security concerns. But the
business logic should stay clean.
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Security is a cross cutting concern. Interceptors are
a perfect match to implement security functionality.
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@Interceptor 
@Sanitized 
public class SanitizedInterceptor implements Serializable { 
 
@AroundInvoke 
public Object invoke(InvocationContext ctx) throws Exception { 
Sanitized sanitizer = getSanitizedAnnotation(ctx.getMethod()); 
 
// apply the sanitization function 
Object[] raw = ctx.getParameters(); 
Object[] sanitized = Arrays.stream(raw).map(sanitizer.type()).toArray(); 
ctx.setParameters(sanitized); 
 
return ctx.proceed(); 
} 
 
private Sanitized getSanitizedAnnotation(Method m) { … } 
}

The interceptor binding annotation deﬁnes relevant
types and their sanitization functions.
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@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 
@Target({TYPE, METHOD}) 
@InterceptorBinding 
public @interface Sanitized { 
enum Type implements Function<Object, Object> { 
ECMA_SCRIPT { 
@Override 
public Object apply(Object o) { 
if (o instanceof String) { 
return StringEscapeUtils.ESCAPE_ECMASCRIPT.translate(o.toString()); 
} 
return o; 
} 
}, SQL { … } 
} 
 
@Nonbinding Type type() default Type.ECMA_SCRIPT; 
}
Perform escaping or cleansing
of input data data.

Use decorators to add component speciﬁc security
features or to disable certain functionality.
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@Decorator 
public class NoGreetingToAttackersDecorator implements Greeting { 
 
@Inject @Delegate 
private Greeting greeter; 
 
@Override 
public String getMessage(@Size(min = 3) String name) { 
if ("attacker".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) { 
throw new SecurityException("No greetings for evil attackers."); 
} 
 
// do some additional specific security checks 
// maybe use a javax.validation.Validator for this 
 
return greeter.getMessage(name); 
} 
}

Apply Design by Contract (DbC) to your gate keeper and
security components using the method validation API.
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public interface Greeting { 
/** 
* @param name the name, at least 3 characters 
* @return the greeting message, never null 
*/ 
@NotNull 
String getMessage(@Size(min = 3) String name); 
}
@ApplicationScoped 
public class DefaultGreeting implements Greeting { 
@Override 
@NotNull 
public String getMessage(@Size(min = 3) String name) { 
return format("Hello %s!", name); 
} 
}
Interface-as-a-Contract
Deﬁnes pre and post conditions
of a method using annotations.

Secure components can form security communities,
with hard boarder controls and loose inner security.
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Component A Component B
Component D
Component C
Strong security
Loose security
No security
Trust boundary

A security architecture consists of components and
communication channels that may be secured.
• Each system consists of security components that are
connected by channels
• Different abstractions: components, processes, machines, …
• Different owners: trustworthy or untrusted
• Each security component has a deﬁned security —
from very secure to insecure
• Each communication channel has a deﬁned security —
from very secure to insecure
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Some A
Some B
Channel A/B

The security architecture of a system describes how
the ordinary architecture is secured at different levels.
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Secure
Technical Infrastructure
Technical Infrastructure
Technical Architecture
Secure
Technical Architecture
Application Architecture
Secure
Application ArchitectureSecurity
Architecture
Security Requirements
Security Targets Security Targets

There is no 100% security.
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It`s up to us developers and
architects to build secure systems!
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… if you allow everything and don‘t pay attention,
don‘t blame others!
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http://openbook.rheinwerk-verlag.de/java7/1507_22_002.html

Incorporate security into your
daily development process.
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Pay your employees well! Cater
for a good work environment!
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Mario-Leander Reimer
Cheftechnologe, QAware GmbH
mario-leander.reimer@qaware.de
https://www.qaware.de
https://slideshare.net/MarioLeanderReimer/
https://speakerdeck.com/lreimer/
https://twitter.com/leanderreimer/
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