Insecure service configuration - Firewall

Description

The server where the application is hosted has port 8080 open running the http-proxy service.

Impact

• Establish, from the Internet, a connection with the port open.
• Allow malicious clients to mount attacks originating from the IP address of the server running the proxy, without requiring authentication from the attacker.
• Access to the internal network on which the server is located

Recommendation

Securely configure the vulnerable service, so that it can only be accessed by authorized users.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: N
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: P
• Remediation level: W
• Report confidence: R

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:W/RC:R
• Score:
  • Base: 5.3
  • Temporal: 4.7
• Severity:
  • Base: Medium
  • Temporal: Medium

Compliant code

All sensitive services are configured with restricted access

server:
  port: 8443
  ssl:
    key-store: classpath:keystore.jks
    key-store-password: password.secret
  permissions:
    admin: allow
    user: deny

Non compliant code

There is a vulnerable service, configured for public access

server:
  port: 8080
  ssl:
    key-store: keystore.ks
    key-store-password: "password"

Requirements

• 266.Disable insecure functionalities

Fixes

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