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Security Process
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.. contents::
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The libvirt project believes in responsible disclosure of security problems, to
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allow vendors time to prepare and distribute patches for problems ahead of their
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publication. This page describes how the process works and how to report
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potential security issues.
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Reporting security issues
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In the event that a bug in libvirt is found which is believed to have
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(potential) security implications there is a dedicated contact to which a bug
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report / notification should be directed. Send an email with as many details of
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the problem as possible (ideally with steps to reproduce) to the following email
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address:
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::
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libvirt-security@redhat.com
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NB. while this email address is backed by a mailing list, it is invitation only
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and moderated for non-members. As such you will receive an auto-reply indicating
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the report is held for moderation. Postings by non-members will be approved by a
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moderator and the reporter copied on any replies.
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Security notices
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Information for all historical security issues is maintained in machine parsable
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format in the `libvirt-security-notice GIT
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repository <https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-security-notice>`__ and
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`published online <https://security.libvirt.org>`__ in text, HTML and XML
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formats. Security notices are published on the `libvirt-announce mailing
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list <https://libvirt.org/contact.html#mailing-lists>`__ when any embargo is
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lifted, or as soon as triaged if already public knowledge.
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Security team
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The libvirt security team is made up of a subset of the libvirt core development
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team which covers the various distro maintainers of libvirt, along with
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nominated security engineers representing the various vendors who distribute
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libvirt. The team is responsible for analysing incoming reports from users to
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identify whether a security problem exists and its severity. It then works to
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produce a fix for all official stable branches of libvirt and coordinate embargo
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dates between vendors to allow simultaneous release of the fix by all affected
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parties.
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If you are a security representative of a vendor distributing libvirt and would
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like to join the security team, send an email to the afore-mentioned security
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address. Typically an existing member of the security team will have to vouch
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for your credentials before membership is approved. All members of the security
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team are **required to respect the embargo policy** described below.
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Publication embargo policy
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The libvirt security team operates a policy of `responsible
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disclosure <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_disclosure>`__. As such
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any security issue reported, that is not already publicly disclosed elsewhere,
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will have an embargo date assigned. Members of the security team agree not to
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publicly disclose any details of the security issue until the embargo date
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expires.
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The general aim of the team is to have embargo dates which are two weeks or less
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in duration. If a problem is identified with a proposed patch for a security
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issue, requiring further investigation and bug fixing, the embargo clock may be
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restarted. In exceptional circumstances longer initial embargoes may be
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negotiated by mutual agreement between members of the security team and other
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relevant parties to the problem. Any such extended embargoes will aim to be at
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most one month in duration.
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CVE allocation
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The libvirt security team will associate each security issue with a CVE number.
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The CVE numbers will usually be allocated by one of the vendor security
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engineers on the security team.
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Branch fixing policy
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The security team will publish fixes for GIT master (which will become the next
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major release). The distro maintainers will be responsible for backporting the
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officially published fixes to other release branches where applicable.
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