[X2Go-Announcements] X2Go Announcement on Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160)

[Michael DePaulo]

The following is the X2Go project's announcement on heartbleed
(CVE-2014-0160) and what actions users & system administrators should
take.

1. When X2Go (both X2Go Client and X2Go Server) is used without an
X2Go Session Broker, X2Go is not vulnerable.

If you do use X2Go without a session broker, no action is required in
terms of X2Go.

We still strongly advise you to install your Linux distro's patch for OpenSSL.

We also advise updating X2Go Client for Windows to 4.0.2.0, and X2Go
client for Mac OS X to 4.0.2.0, in order to avoid vulnerability
scanners flagging X2Go Client as vulnerable.

2. When X2Go is used with an X2Go Session Broker, these X2Go
components are vulnerable if the following conditions are met:

a. X2Go Session Broker: If the Linux distro uses OpenSSL 1.0.1, the
Linux distro's CVE-2014-0160 patch is not installed, and HTTPS is
enabled.
(If you are using x2gobroker-wsgi, HTTPS would be enabled in your
apache configuration. If you are using x2gobroker-daemon, it would be
enabled in /etc/default/x2gobroker-daemon .)

b. X2Go Client for Linux: If the Linux distro uses OpenSSL 1.0.1, the
Linux distro's CVE-2014-0160 patch is not installed, and HTTPS is used
to connect to an X2Go Session broker.

c. X2Go Client for Windows: If X2Go Client is at version
4.0.1.3+build2, and HTTPS is used to connect to the X2Go Session
Broker.

d. X2Go Client for Mac OS X: If X2Go Client is at version 4.0.1.3 or
earlier, and HTTPS is used to connect to the X2Go Session Broker.

e. PyHoca-GUI for Linux: If you are using a nightly build since
2014-03-18 (when broker support was 1st added,), the Linux distro
uses OpenSSL 1.0.1, the Linux distro's CVE-2014-0160 patch is not
installed, HTTPS is used to connect to an X2Go Session broker.

f. PyHoca-CLI for Linux: If you are using a nightly build since
2014-03-03 (when broker support was 1st added,) the Linux distro uses
OpenSSL 1.0.1, the Linux distro's CVE-2014-0160 patch is not
installed, HTTPS is used to connect to an X2Go Session broker.
(No released versions of PyHoca-GUI or PyHoca-CLI are vulnerable. Mac
OS X builds and Windows builds have not been released for these
nightly versions, only Linux builds have.)

If you meet the aforementioned conditions, we recommend the following.
Note that we recommend following the instructions even if you have
installed the Linux distro's OpenSSL patch in a timely manner:

X2Go Session Broker:

a. Install your Linux distro's patch for OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0160) if
you haven't done so already.

b. Replace the SSL certificate used by X2Go Session Broker. Consult
your Linux distro's instructions on doing so. If you are using
x2gobroker-wsgi (X2Go Session Broker with Apache2 via the WSGI
interface), the path to the SSL cert is specified in the Apache2
configuration. The SSL cert is auto-generated by default for apache2.
If you are using x2gobroker-daemon, the path to the SSL cert is
specified in /etc/default/x2gobroker-daemon .

c. Reset the passwords for any user accounts that have been used with
an X2Go Session Broker before the patch was installed.

d. Replace the SSH key used by X2Go Session Broker to communicate with
X2Go Session Broker Agents:
sudo x2gobroker-keygen
(To clarify, the SSH connection between an X2Go Session Broker and an
X2Go Session Broker Agent (running on an X2Go Server) is not
vulnerable. However the SSH private key used to communicate with
agents is in the broker's memory. Therefore, the broker could leak the
key to an X2Go Client that accesses the broker over HTTPS. In
contrast, the SSH private key used to communicate with X2Go clients is
not in the broker's memory, so it does not need to be replaced.)

X2Go Server (follow these instructions if X2Go Session Broker was vulnerable):

a. Reset the passwords for any user accounts that have been used with
an X2Go Session Broker before the patch was installed.

b. If you have the X2Go Session Broker Agent installed, authorize the
new X2Go Session Broker SSH key:
sudo x2gobroker-pubkeyauthorizer --broker-url
http(s)://<broker-server>:<port>/<basepatch>/pubkeys/

X2Go Client:

a. Patch X2Go Client, if you haven't already done so.
On Linux, install your Linux Distro's patch for OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0160).
On Windows, update X2Go Client to 4.0.2.0. Consult this page if you
require info on what has changed since 4.0.1.3+build2:
http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:release-notes-mswin:x2goclient-4.0.2.0
On Mac OS X: update X2Go Client to 4.0.2.0.

b. Replace all SSH private key / public key pairs that are used by
X2Go Client to connect to an X2Go Session Broker, or to connect to an
X2Go server.
(To clarify, the SSH connection between an X2Go Client and an X2Go
server is not vulnerable, but the SSH private key can be in the
client's memory. The client could connect to an X2Go Session Broker
over HTTPS, and then leak SSH private keys to the X2Go Session
Broker.)

PyHoca-GUI & PyHoca-CLI

a. Patch PyHoca-GUI/PyHoca-CLI by installing your Linux Distro's patch
for OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0160).

b. Replace all SSH private key / public key pairs that are used by
PyHoca-GUI/PyHoca-CLI to connect to an X2Go Session Broker, or to
connect to an X2Go server.
(To clarify, the SSH connection between an PyHoca-GUI/PyHoca-CLI and
an X2Go server is not vulnerable, but the SSH private key can be in
the client's memory. The client could connect to an X2Go Session
Broker over HTTPS, and then leak SSH private keys to the X2Go Session
Broker.)

Fore the full technical details on why the X2Go Project is making these
recommendations, follow this link:

http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/security:cve-announcements:heartbleed

Michael DePaulo
X2Go Developer