Is your python application secure? - PyCon Canada - 2015-11-07
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In today’s world, it's easier than ever to innovate and create great web applications. You release often, but let’s be honest, if you're like most developers out there, you don't spend your days worrying about security. You know it’s important, but you aren’t security savvy. So ask yourself, is your Python application secure? Come learn some of the different ways a hacker (cracker) can attack your code, and some of the best practices out there. In the end, your security is your users’ security.
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- 1. Is your Python application secure? Frédéric Harper @fharper http://immun.io Sr. Technical Evangelist @ IMMUNIO Pycon Canada – 2015-11-07 CreativeCommons:https://flic.kr/p/34T4Z
- 2. is security important? Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/s8hvJo
- 3. do you have time? CreativeCommons:https://flic.kr/p/b7wRTX
- 4. do you have the expertise? Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/n7qDvJ
- 5. do you have the money? Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/rAG5dm
- 6. is your app that secure? CreativeCommons:https://flic.kr/p/bY6uU7
- 7. what about legacy apps? Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/7fFQug
- 8. it’s probably happening, now Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/acnkbU
- 9. ...
- 11. I succeed if… Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/ehZRGj
- 12. mess with the best die like the rest
- 13. SQL injection vulnerabilities allow attackers to modify the structure of SQL queries in ways that allow for data exfiltration or manipulation of existing data. SQL Injection (SQLi)
- 15. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow attackers to run arbitrary code on your pages in your customers' browsers. § Hijack of legitimate user sessions § Disclosure of sensitive information § Access to privileged services and functionality § Delivery of malware and browser exploits from our trusted domain Cross-Site Scripting
- 17. Remote Command Execution vulnerabilities allow attackers to run arbitrary code on your servers. There are two classes of Remote Command Execution: 1. Shell Command Execution 2. Eval Execution. Remote Command Execution
- 18. • Brute force • Common username • Cookie tampering • CSRF tampering • Excessive 4XX & 5XX • HTTP method tampering • HTTP response splitting • Redirect • Session farming • Session hijack • Stolen account • Shellshock • Suspicious Exception • Suspicious HTTP header • Unauthorized file access • Username hijack …
- 20. anything from users is unsafe Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/m2BKPn
- 21. cp = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '-l'], shell=True) # disables shell based features (like no pipe) cp= subprocess.Popen(['ls', '-l’) filename = 'somefile; rm -rf ~’ command = 'ls -l {}'.format(filename) print(command) # noooooooooo >>> ls -l somefile; rm -rf ~ filename = 'somefile; rm -rf ~’ command = 'ls -l {}'.format(quote(filename)) print(command) # better luck next time >>> ls -l 'somefile; rm -rf ~’ shell & quote
- 22. # unsafe flask example @app.route("/") def hello(): name = request.args.get('name') return "Hello %s" % name # using escape function from flask import escape @app.route("/") def hello(): name = request.args.get('name') return "Hello %s" % escape(name) escape
- 23. use a framework Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/cHto9S
- 24. # unsafe flask example @app.route("/") def hello(): name = request.args.get('name') return "Hello %s" % name # using template @app.route("/") def hello(): name = request.args.get('name') return render('hello.html', name=name) # where hello.html is: # <html>Hello {{ name }}</html> templates
- 25. # Unsafe example using the Python DB API cmd = "update people set name='%s' where id='%s'" % (name, id) curs.execute(cmd) # Sanitize your parameters cmd = "update people set name=%s where id=%s" curs.execute(cmd, (name, id)) # Placeholder syntax depends on the database sanitize
- 26. # Unsafe example using the Python DB API cmd = "SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE zip_code='%s'" % (zipcode) curs.execute(cmd) # Using Django ORM, we assign the data to users variable users = Users.objects.filter(zip_code=zipcode) object-relational mapper
- 27. # My awesome Python skills s = "print("Hello, World!")" exec s # Refactor using function def print_hello_world(): print("Hello, World!") print_hello_world() avoid exec (if possible)
- 29. OWASP XSS Cheat Sheet
- 30. Strengths • Scales Well • Find issues like buffer overflows, SQL Injection Flaws with high confidence Weaknesses • Many types of security vulnerabilities are very difficult to find automatically, such as authentication problems, access control issues, insecure use of cryptography, etc. • High numbers of false positives. • Frequently can't find configuration issues, since they are not represented in the code. • Difficulty analyzing code that can't be compiled (using librairies as an example). static code analysis
- 32. Runtime application self-protection (RASP) is a security technology that is built or linked into an application or application runtime environment, and is capable of controlling application execution and detecting and preventing real-time attacks. RASP
- 33. IMMUNIO
- 34. Developers § Use a cryptographically slow hash function (bcrypt & PBKDF2) to store password § Stored procedures if possible § Up-to-date frameworks & libraries Devops § HTTPS § Web Application Firewall (WAF) § Intrusion prevention systems (IPS) § Up-to-date platform & infrastructure truist… or not
- 35. to infinity... and beyond! Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/8Z1Cxm
- 39. plan for it Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/5bn2nD
- 41. nothing is 100% bulletproof Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/hpE97
- 42. IMMUNIO – Real-time web application security - https://www.immun.io/ OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) - https://www.owasp.org/ Security in Django - http://j.mp/1Q8VMBP Security system in Pyramid - http://j.mp/1Q8VHxT Bobby Tables: A guide to preventing SQL injection - http://bobby-tables.com/ XSS Filter Evasion Cheat Sheet - http://j.mp/1Q97hsW XSScrapy - https://github.com/DanMcInerney/xsscrapy www