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| author |   Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> | 2017-11-23 16:19:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> | 2017-11-23 16:52:31 +0000 |
| commit | 909b7fd20787b3f56ed83a9a5070499883eb697a (patch) | |
| tree | 1017d44c65106f807c6a0fea96144680f203090d /docs/release/userguide | |
| parent | dac61fc5516b869971fb001769a3d30d5f55c987 (diff) | |
docs: add security information
Change-Id: I014ee8bb762e1c2d9a94bc780816508133e2adf5
Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emma Foley <emma.l.foley@intel.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/release/userguide/feature.userguide.rst | 39 |
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diff --git a/docs/release/userguide/feature.userguide.rst b/docs/release/userguide/feature.userguide.rst index 699412d9..cd4051f4 100644 --- a/docs/release/userguide/feature.userguide.rst +++ b/docs/release/userguide/feature.userguide.rst @@ -1283,6 +1283,41 @@ To see this demo in action please checkout: `Barometer OPNFV Summit demo`_ For more information on configuring and installing OpenStack plugins for collectd, check out the `collectd-ceilometer-plugin GSG`_. +Security +^^^^^^^^^ +* AAA – on top of collectd there secure agents like SNMP V3, Openstack agents + etc. with their own AAA methods. + +* Collectd runs as a daemon with root permissions. + +* The `Exec plugin`_ allows the execution of external programs but counters the security + concerns by: + + * Ensuring that only one instance of the program is executed by collectd at any time + * Forcing the plugin to check that custom programs are never executed with superuser + privileges. + +* Protection of Data in flight: + + * It's recommend to use a minimum version of 4.7 of the Network plugin which provides + the possibility to cryptographically sign or encrypt the network traffic. + * Write Redis plugin or the Write MongoDB plugin are recommended to store the data. + * For more information, please see: https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php?title=Networking_introduction + +* Known vulnerabilities include: + + * https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-11242/Collectd.html + + * `CVE-2017-7401`_ fixed https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2174 in Version 5.7.2. + * `CVE-2016-6254`_ fixed https://mailman.verplant.org/pipermail/collectd/2016-July/006838.html + in Version 5.4.3. + * `CVE-2010-4336`_ fixed https://mailman.verplant.org/pipermail/collectd/2010-November/004277.html + in Version 4.10.2. + + * http://www.cvedetails.com/product/20310/Collectd-Collectd.html?vendor_id=11242 + +* It's recommended to only use collectd plugins from signed packages. + References ^^^^^^^^^^^ .. [1] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Naming_schema @@ -1298,3 +1333,7 @@ References .. _aodh plugin: https://github.com/openstack/collectd-ceilometer-plugin/tree/stable/ocata/ .. _collectd-ceilometer-plugin GSG: https://github.com/openstack/collectd-ceilometer-plugin/blob/master/doc/source/GSG.rst .. _grafana guide: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/fastpath/Installing+and+configuring+InfluxDB+and+Grafana+to+display+metrics+with+collectd +.. _CVE-2017-7401: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-7401/ +.. _CVE-2016-6254: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6254/ +.. _CVE-2010-4336: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-4336/ +.. _Exec plugin: https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin:Exec
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