[GeoNode-devel] Urgent GeoNode Security Notice

Thu Mar 30 07:14:21 PDT 2017

Alessio,

Good idea.  Yes, I'll create GitHub issues to add the missing information
to the official docs with the exact page TBD.

In addition to docs and ansible, would it be useful to add a bootstrap
alert to the site-base template for logged in admins that straight up says:
"Your instance is not secure  Please consult the docs at XYZ to change
default passwords."?  It could run a few checks to make sure the 3 accounts
have non-default passwords. That way it would be really hard for system
admins to forget to update.  Like Google Chrome does when you need to
update.

Regards,
Patrick Dufour

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Alessio Fabiani <
alessio.fabiani at geo-solutions.it> wrote:

> Yep, thanks Patrik, there is official documentation warning about this.
> Can you also double check that all you controls are stated there?
>
> http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/
> geoserver_geonode_security/index.html#geonode-and-
> geoserver-a-a-interaction
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>
>
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> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <jeff at terranodo.io>
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>> I reverted your changes to the ansible role. It is not appropriate for
>> you to merge your own (huge) PRs by yourself without review from other
>> contributors who rely on this role. I've also locked down the branch
>> so this does not happen again in the future.
>>
>> Thanks for the info on the security issue ...
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Patrick Dufour <pjdufour.dev at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > All --
>> >
>> > I was notified by a colleague to a critical security issue with
>> GeoNode.  It
>> > expanded from there.  I worked through multiple security issues and
>> > developed patches (ansible and manual tasks).  The primary issue is
>> that the
>> > default GeoServer can be easily rooted with a public master password.
>> For
>> > instance, the GeoServer on our demo instance, can be rooted.  This is an
>> > issue with deployment and doesn't require any changes to the core Django
>> > codebase.
>> >
>> > If you have a custom GeoServer WAR or highly-custom downstream project,
>> you
>> > may not be affected, but very much worth double checking as soon as you
>> can.
>> >
>> > I've created a GeoNode Security guide for manually fixing the issues,
>> which
>> > can be completed in less than an hour.  See the goo.gl link below,
>> which
>> > points to a GitHub gist.
>> >
>> > https://goo.gl/rJn1Tq
>> >
>> > In particular, this guide covers how to secure your (1) Django admin,
>> (2)
>> > GeoServer admin, and (3) GeoServer root accounts (yes, you need to
>> secure 3
>> > separate admin-level accounts).
>> >
>> > I've also updated the public Ansible role on GitHub, so you can
>> immediately
>> > use that by cloning it.  The ansible and manual tasks are complete
>> patches
>> > for the security issues specifically referenced, but do not cover all
>> > GeoNode security best practices.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Patrick Dufour
>> >
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