Puppet-lint-security-plugins

The goal of this project is to identify security issues in your Puppet code. Some basic checks are implemented, please feel free to contribute.

Installation

gem install puppet-lint-security-plugins

Testing your manifests

Just use puppet-lint. After installation security checks are enabled by default.

Implemented tests

At the moment, the following tests have been implemented:

Puppet Resource Types

• Must not use eval in inline_templates
• Must not use setuid bit in file resources when owner equals root
• Must not use setgid bit in file resources when group equals root
• Must not use mode 777 in file resources
• Should not pin packages to specific version
• Must not store plaintext passwords in the manifest
• Must not use password variables in exec
• Must not use class or defined_type parameters in exec
• Should not use tidywith age and/or size parameter
• Should not use tidy with match equals to *
• Should not use tidy with recurse enabled
• Must not create non root user with id 0
• Should not disable services (example: mysql, puppetmaster)

puppetlabs-apache module

• Should not use bad ciphers
• Should enable ssl on any vhost

puppetlabs-apt module

• Must use an GPG key in repository definition

puppetlabs-firewall module

• Must not use firewall allow rules with source and destination equals any
• Should not use firewall deny rules with source and destination equals any (possible deny of service)
• Must use ips or subnets in source or destination (no dns)
• Should not block puppetmaster port

saz/ssh module

• Must not enable PermitRootLogin

saz/sudo module

• Must not define sudo to anyone with root permissions

Reporting bugs or incorrect results

If you find a bug in puppet-lint or its results, please create an issue in the repo issues tracker.

Please contribute

Many other usefull checks may be out there, so feel free to fork and add your own.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Florian Freund

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