Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9098-03 - An update for skopeo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9098.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Moderate: skopeo security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9098-03Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9098Issue date:         2024-11-12Revision:           03CVE Names:          CVE-2024-3727====================================================================Summary: An update for skopeo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The skopeo command lets you inspect images from container image registries, get images and image layers, and use signatures to create and verify files. Security Fix(es):* containers/image: digest type does not guarantee valid type (CVE-2024-3727)* golang: net: malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop (CVE-2024-24788)* go-retryablehttp: url might write sensitive information to log file (CVE-2024-6104)* net/http: Denial of service due to improper 100-continue handling in net/http (CVE-2024-24791)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-3727References:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/indexhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderatehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274767https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279814https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294000https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295310https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-29277https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-40812

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9098-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9097-03 - An update for buildah is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9097.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Moderate: buildah security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9097-03Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9097Issue date:         2024-11-12Revision:           03CVE Names:          CVE-2024-3727====================================================================Summary: An update for buildah is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The buildah package provides a tool for facilitating building OCI container images. Among other things, buildah enables you to: Create a working container, either from scratch or using an image as a starting point; Create an image, either from a working container or using the instructions in a Dockerfile; Build both Docker and OCI images. Security Fix(es):* containers/image: digest type does not guarantee valid type (CVE-2024-3727)* net/http: Denial of service due to improper 100-continue handling in net/http (CVE-2024-24791)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-3727References:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/indexhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderatehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274767https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295310https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-29278https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-40808

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9097-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9093-03 - An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

The following advisory data is extracted from:

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9093.json

Red Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.

- Packet Storm Staff

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update  
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9093-03  
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux  
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9093  
Issue date:         2024-11-12  
Revision:           03  
CVE Names:          CVE-2024-31080  
====================================================================

Summary: 

An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description:

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland.

Security Fix(es):

* xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents (CVE-2024-31080)

* xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice (CVE-2024-31081)

* xorg-x11-server: Use-after-free in ProcRenderAddGlyphs (CVE-2024-31083)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

CVEs:

CVE-2024-31080

References:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index  
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271997  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271998  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272000  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25083

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9093-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9092-03 - An update for freerdp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include heap overflow, integer overflow, and out of bounds read vulnerabilities.

The following advisory data is extracted from:

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9092.json

Red Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.

- Packet Storm Staff

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: freerdp security update  
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9092-03  
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux  
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9092  
Issue date:         2024-11-12  
Revision:           03  
CVE Names:          CVE-2024-22211  
====================================================================

Summary: 

An update for freerdp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description:

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.

Security Fix(es):

* freerdp: Integer Overflow leading to Heap Overflow in freerdp_bitmap_planar_context_reset (CVE-2024-22211)

* freerdp: out-of-bounds read in ncrush_decompress (CVE-2024-32459)

* freerdp: OutOfBound Read in interleaved_decompress (CVE-2024-32460)

* freerdp: Integer overflow & OutOfBound Write in clear_decompress_residual_data (CVE-2024-32039)

* freerdp: integer underflow in nsc_rle_decode (CVE-2024-32040)

* freerdp: OutOfBound Read in zgfx_decompress_segment (CVE-2024-32041)

* freerdp: OutOfBound Read in planar_skip_plane_rle (CVE-2024-32458)

* freerdp: out-of-bounds read (CVE-2024-32662)

* FreeRDP: ExtractRunLengthRegular* out of bound read (CVE-2024-32658)

* freerdp: zgfx_decompress out of memory (CVE-2024-32660)

* freerdp: freerdp_image_copy out of bound read (CVE-2024-32659)

* freerdp: rdp_write_logon_info_v1 NULL access (CVE-2024-32661)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

CVEs:

CVE-2024-22211

References:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index  
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259483  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276721  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276722  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276723  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276724  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276725  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276726  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276804  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276961  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276968  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276970  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276971  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-33988

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9092-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9089-03 - An update for containernetworking-plugins is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9089.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Moderate: containernetworking-plugins security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9089-03Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9089Issue date:         2024-11-12Revision:           03CVE Names:          CVE-2024-24788====================================================================Summary: An update for containernetworking-plugins is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The Container Network Interface (CNI) project consists of a specification and libraries for writing plug-ins for configuring network interfaces in Linux containers, along with a number of supported plug-ins. CNI concerns itself only with network connectivity of containers and removing allocated resources when the container is deleted. Security Fix(es):* golang: net: malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop (CVE-2024-24788)* net/http: Denial of service due to improper 100-continue handling in net/http (CVE-2024-24791)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-24788References:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/indexhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderatehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279814https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295310https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-28855

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9089-03

The security vulnerability is due to an exposed Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) instance and the use of the insecure BinaryFormatter.

Source: Brian Jackson via Alamy Stock PhotoSource:

\[Ed. note, Nov. 12 at 12:30 p.m. ET: Citrix has now issued patches for the issue and assigned CVE-2024-8068/CVE-2024-8069 for tracking.\]

An unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Citrix’s Session Recording Manager allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE, paving the way for data theft, lateral movement, and desktop takeover.

According to watchTowr research out today, the issue (which does not yet have a CVE or CVSS score) resides in Citrix's Session Recording Manager, which, as its name implies, records user activity, including keyboard and mouse inputs, websites visited, video streams of desktop activity, and more.

"Citrix advertises the feature as being really useful for monitoring (somewhat obviously), but also for compliance and troubleshooting. It can even be set up so that certain actions (like identifying sensitive data) will trigger recording, which helps meet regulatory needs and flag suspicious activities," the watchTowr researchers noted in the report.

The feature logs session recordings via Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), which enables efficient data transfer from individual computers to centralized storage. However, the Citrix implementation uses BinaryFormatter for serialization and deserialization of the information for easier and more accurate transfer and storage. The utility is unfortunately well-known to be insecure.

Related:'GoIssue' Cybercrime Tool Targets GitHub Developers En Masse

BinaryFormatter is a .NET class created by Microsoft, which is in the process of deprecating it: "BinaryFormatter is insecure and can't be made secure. Applications should stop using \[it\] as soon as possible, even if they believe the data they're processing to be trustworthy," the computing giant said in August.

On top of the BinaryFormatter issue, Recording Session Manager also involves an exposed MSMQ service that can be reached from any host via HTTP. This, combined with what watchTowr says are misconfigured permissions, paves the way for unauthenticated RCE.

Dark Reading has reached out for comment and planned patching or mitigation information from both watchTowr and Citrix. There is no evidence of in-the-wild exploitation yet, but given Citrix's attractiveness as a cybercrime target, that could soon change.

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Related:Citrix Issues Patches for Zero-Day Recording Manager Bugs

**About the Author**

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Citrix 'Recording Manager' Zero-Day Bug Allows Unauthenticated RCE

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9088-03 - An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

The following advisory data is extracted from:

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9088.json

Red Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.

- Packet Storm Staff

====================================================================  
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: edk2 security update  
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9088-03  
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux  
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9088  
Issue date:         2024-11-12  
Revision:           03  
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-6129  
====================================================================

Summary: 

An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description:

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM. 

Security Fix(es):

* mysql: openssl: POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC (CVE-2023-6129)

* openssl: Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys (CVE-2023-6237)

* openssl: denial of service via null dereference (CVE-2024-0727)

* edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

CVEs:

CVE-2023-6129

References:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index  
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257571  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258502  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259944  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2284243  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-26879  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-28751  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-32486  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-36446  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-43442  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-45899  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-56081  
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-56974

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9088-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9056-03 - An update for gstreamer1-plugins-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Issues addressed include an integer overflow vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9056.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Moderate: gstreamer1-plugins-base security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9056-03Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9056Issue date:         2024-11-12Revision:           03CVE Names:          CVE-2024-4453====================================================================Summary: An update for gstreamer1-plugins-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-base packages contain a collection of well-maintained base plug-ins.Security Fix(es):* gstreamer: EXIF Metadata Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2024-4453)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-4453References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderatehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2282999

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9056-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9051-03 - An update for podman is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include denial of service and traversal vulnerabilities.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9051.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Important: podman security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2024:9051-03Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9051Issue date:         2024-11-12Revision:           03CVE Names:          CVE-2024-9407====================================================================Summary: An update for podman is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The podman tool manages pods, container images, and containers. It is part of the libpod library, which is for applications that use container pods. Container pods is a concept in Kubernetes.Security Fix(es):* Buildah: Podman: Improper Input Validation in bind-propagation Option of Dockerfile RUN --mount Instruction (CVE-2024-9407)* buildah: Buildah allows arbitrary directory mount (CVE-2024-9675)* Podman: Buildah: CRI-O: symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Denial of Service (DoS) (CVE-2024-9676)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-9407References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importanthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315887https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317458https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317467

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9051-03

CISA should make its recommended goals mandatory and perform audits to ensure compliance.

Gary Barlet, Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Illumio

November 12, 2024

5 Min Read

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COMMENTARY  
Companies across the country are lining up to join the latest cybersecurity trend: the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) Secure by Design pledge, a commitment aimed at software manufacturers that compels them to keep up with fundamental cybersecurity strategies. Companies such as Lenovo, Google, AWS, Cloudflare, and Microsoft have already signed on. 

On the face of it, the Secure by Design pledge is a good thing. Its seven goals each encourage manufacturers to adopt or increase the usage of a key cybersecurity strategy within one year. The goals, such as "implement multifactor authentication (MFA)" are worthy, if basic, and CISA encourages companies to document their progress. If they fall short, they are also encouraged to report that failure to CISA. 

The problem is that this pledge is entirely voluntary. Companies are free to sign it — or not — as they wish. And there's no regulatory compliance factored in. This means that if a company does sign the pledge and falls short of one or more goals, no one may ever know and no action will be taken. It will be as if the pledge never existed in the first place.   

Without teeth, the pledge is essentially worthless. Outside of highlighting the low-bar steps major companies should take to ensure their infrastructure is secured from the most common attacks (which, admittedly, is a good thing), it takes no steps to ensure that companies will actually do so. And it provides no repercussions if they fail.    

**Is the Honor System Good Enough?**

With data breaches up 72% in 2023 and the average cost of a breach estimated at $4.88 million, can we afford for our nation's technological infrastructure to be governed by the honor system? What happens when the next big cyberattack takes down a pillar of our society because the company responsible failed to implement MFA?  

I'd argue for a much more aggressive approach from our federal government. Given the potential for widespread disruptions inherent with any cybersecurity failure, we can't afford to take such a lax attitude toward securing our systems. The sanctity of our nation's airlines, power grids, and other critical infrastructure relies on stringent cybersecurity measures. Merely "suggesting" that companies institute basic protocols is not enough. We need to mandate it — and punish those who fail. 

**The EU's Higher Standard**

I look at the European Union's approach to setting standards for its electronic devices. In 2022,  the EU passed a law mandating electronics manufacturers move to a standardized charging port for their mobile devices. The EU's stance toward Apple, which famously used a proprietary Lightning charging port for its iPhones, was simply: Adapt or die. Apple adapted. As a result, iPhones in Europe are now sold with the standardized USB-C charging port, alongside every other mobile device. 

The EU did not fool around with vague suggestions or pledges. It saw the value to consumers of a standardized charging port and demanded that manufacturers make the change. Those that failed to comply were not allowed to sell their devices in Europe. Simple. Effective. 

You can also look closer to home, to California, for an example of this kind of confident action by the government. The government of California adopted the Zero Emissions Vehicle requirements in 1990, and has adjusted the rules over the ensuing decades as technology has evolved. The purpose was to protect the state's air from automotive pollution. The result has been a near industrywide reduction in auto emissions for the past 30 years. 

For vehicle manufacturers that want to sell cars in California, the largest economy in the United States, the equation was the same one facing Apple in the EU: Adapt or die. They could either engineer their vehicles to produce fewer emissions or simply not sell them in California. Most elected for the former option, and, as a result, automotive emission control technology has advanced further in the past 30 years than at any point since the automobile was introduced. 

**Adopting a Similar Approach**

To protect our cyber infrastructure, we need to adopt a similar approach. Instead of simply making recommendations, our nation's cybersecurity agency should be empowered to make regulations.  

CISA should begin by making its recommended goals mandatory, forcing software companies to do the following: 

●      Increase the use of MFA 

●      Reduce default passwords 

●      Enable a significant measurable reduction in the prevalence of one or more vulnerability classes 

●      Increase the installation of security patches by customers 

●      Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy 

●      Demonstrate transparency in vulnerability reporting. 

●      Increase the ability for customers to gather evidence of cybersecurity intrusions 

Next, CISA should perform audits to ensure compliance. Relying on companies to self-report is no different from giving them permission not to report. Look closely at CISA's list of pledgees and come back in a year to see how many of these vaunted companies will have willingly admitted they aren't taking the most basic steps toward protecting their users' data. 

Finally, CISA should be empowered to make a simple statement to software manufacturers that want to sell products in the US similar to what the EU said to electronics manufacturers and what California said to automobile manufacturers: Adapt or die. 

If you want to sell software in the US, you should have to follow basic principles that will ensure your software is safe. This should not be a "nice to have." It should be mandatory. The stakes are as high if not higher than with charging ports and automobile emissions. As we witnessed with the recent failure of cybersecurity software, the impact was felt across entire industries and resulted in billions of dollars in lost productivity. This is not a realm for timidity.    

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**About the Author**

Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Illumio

Gary Barlet has nearly three decades of cloud, cybersecurity, and network experience in the US federal government leading security and IT teams in both civilian agencies and the Department of Defense (DoD). At Illumio, Gary works with government agencies, contractors, and the broader ecosystem to build in zero-trust segmentation as a strategic component of the government’s zero-trust architecture. Before joining Illumio, Gary served as the chief information officer at the Office of the Inspector General for the US Postal Service and served in the Air Force in several technology leadership capacities, retiring from his role as cyber operations officer.

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