Checklist¶

Check-Shared-01: Is user/group ownership of config files set to root/manila?¶

Configuration files contain critical parameters and information required for smooth functioning of the component. If an unprivileged user, either intentionally or accidentally, modifies or deletes any of the parameters or the file itself then it would cause severe availability issues resulting in a denial of service to the other end users. Thus user ownership of such critical configuration files must be set to root and group ownership must be set to manila.

Run the following commands:

$ stat -L -c "%U %G" /etc/manila/manila.conf | egrep "root manila"
$ stat -L -c "%U %G" /etc/manila/api-paste.ini | egrep "root manila"
$ stat -L -c "%U %G" /etc/manila/policy.json | egrep "root manila"
$ stat -L -c "%U %G" /etc/manila/rootwrap.conf | egrep "root manila"

Pass: If user and group ownership of all these config files is set to root and manila respectively. The above commands show output of root manila.

Fail: If the above commands does not return any output as the user and group ownership might have set to any user other than root or any group other than manila.

Check-Shared-02: Are strict permissions set for configuration files?¶

Similar to the previous check, it is recommended to set strict access permissions for such configuration files.

Run the following commands:

$ stat -L -c "%a" /etc/manila/manila.conf
$ stat -L -c "%a" /etc/manila/api-paste.ini
$ stat -L -c "%a" /etc/manila/policy.json
$ stat -L -c "%a" /etc/manila/rootwrap.conf

Pass: If permissions are set to 640 or stricter. The permissions of 640 translates into owner r/w, group r, and no rights to others i.e. “u=rw,g=r,o=”. Note that with Check-Shared-01: Is user/group ownership of config files set to root/manila? and permissions set to 640, root has read/write access and manila has read access to these configuration files. The access rights can also be validated using the following command. This command will only be available on your system if it supports ACLs.

$ getfacl --tabular -a /etc/manila/manila.conf
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: etc/manila/manila.conf
USER   root  rw-
GROUP  manila  r--
mask         r--
other        ---

Fail: If permissions are not set to at least 640.

Check-Shared-03: Is OpenStack Identity used for authentication?¶

OpenStack supports various authentication strategies like noauth and keystone. If the ‘noauth‘ strategy is used then the users could interact with OpenStack services without any authentication. This could be a potential risk since an attacker might gain unauthorized access to the OpenStack components. Thus it is strongly recommended that all services must be authenticated with keystone using their service accounts.

Pass: If value of parameter auth_strategy under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to keystone.

Fail: If value of parameter auth_strategy under [DEFAULT] section is set to noauth.

Check-Shared-04: Is TLS enabled for authentication?¶

OpenStack components communicate with each other using various protocols and the communication might involve sensitive or confidential data. An attacker may try to eavesdrop on the channel in order to get access to sensitive information. Thus all the components must communicate with each other using a secured communication protocol.

Pass: If value of parameter auth_protocol under [keystone_authtoken] section in manila.conf is set to https, or if value of parameter identity_uri under [keystone_authtoken] section in manila.conf is set to Identity API endpoint starting with https:// and value of parameter insecure under the same [keystone_authtoken] section in the same manila.conf is set to False.

Fail: If value of parameter auth_protocol under [keystone_authtoken] section in manila.conf is set to http, or if value of parameter identity_uri under [keystone_authtoken] section in manila.conf is not set to Identity API endpoint starting with https:// or value of parameter insecure under the same [keystone_authtoken] section in the same manila.conf is set to True.

Check-Shared-05: Does Shared File Systems contact with Compute over TLS?¶

OpenStack components communicate with each other using various protocols and the communication might involve sensitive or confidential data. An attacker may try to eavesdrop on the channel in order to get access to sensitive information. Thus all the components must communicate with each other using a secured communication protocol.

Pass: If value of parameter nova_api_insecure under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to False.

Fail: If value of parameter nova_api_insecure under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to True.

Check-Shared-06: Does Shared File Systems contact with Networking over TLS?¶

Similar to previous check (Check-Shared-05: Does Shared File Systems contact with Compute over TLS?), it is recommended all the components must communicate with each other using a secured communication protocol.

Pass: If value of parameter neutron_api_insecure under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to False.

Fail: If value of parameter neutron_api_insecure under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to True.

Check-Shared-07: Does Shared File Systems contact with Block Storage over TLS?¶

Similar to previous check (Check-Shared-05: Does Shared File Systems contact with Compute over TLS?), it is recommended all the components must communicate with each other using a secured communication protocol.

Pass: If value of parameter cinder_api_insecure under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to False.

Fail: If value of parameter cinder_api_insecure under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to True.

Check-Shared-08: Is max size for the request body set to default (114688)?¶

If the maximum body size per request is not defined, the attacker can craft an arbitrary OSAPI request of large size causing the service to crash and finally resulting in Denial Of Service attack. Assigning the maximum value ensures that any malicious oversized request gets blocked ensuring continued availability of the service.

Pass: If value of parameter max_request_body_size under [oslo_middleware] section in manila.conf is set to 114688, or if value of parameter osapi_max_request_body_size under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is set to 114688. The parameter osapi_max_request_body_size under [DEFAULT] is deprecated and it is better to use [oslo_middleware]/max_request_body_size.

Fail: If value of parameter max_request_body_size under [oslo_middleware] section in manila.conf is not set to 114688, or if value of parameter osapi_max_request_body_size under [DEFAULT] section in manila.conf is not set to 114688.