Database Security
Yuli Stremovsky
Agenda
• Database Security
• What is GreenSQL ?
• Management Console
• Demo
• GreenSQL Roadmap
The need
There are business SQL Injection attacks are becoming
Hackers have models that increasingly sophisticated and
become professional finance them difficult to combat.
It uses stealth
techniques to go
unnoticed for as long Hackers create
as possible. much more SQL
Injection attacks
Pricelist
Latest Victims
• Oct 2009 - One of NASA's was vulnerable to a SQL injection attacks.
All of this despite the fact that the agency’s IT budget in fiscal year
2009 was $1.6 billion, of which $15 million was dedicated to IT
security.
• Mar 2009 & Nov 2009 - SQL injection attack exposes sensitive
customer data on Symantec web server.
• Nov 2009 - Russian cyber gang uses SQL injection attack crack deep
inside the network of a giant U.S. debit and credit-card processor.
• Nov 2009 - An SQL injection flaw has been detected on the Yahoo!
Website. The vulnerability was on the Yahoo job section.
• Dec 2009 - Wall Street Journal website, Intel, Apple
Who uses the Database ?
CMS E-commerce
Testing
Application
connections
Wiki Replication
Forums Reporting
Blog Backup
Financial data
Database
Private data Monitoring
connections
Customer data
User
High privileged
users Administrators
Casual users Application
Users
Using Shared Hosting Services ?
You are under attack !!!
• Hundreds of websites are on the same
database server - hundreds of attack vectors
• If your neighbor's web site database is
vulnerable, then so are you, no matter how
carefully you've vetted your own code.
What is SQL Injection?
• Legitimate Query:
SELECT * from users
WHERE username = ‘admin’ and
password = ‘123’
• Injected SQL code:
SELECT * from users where username = ‘admin’
and password = ‘XXX’ or ‘1’=‘1’
SQL Injection after effect
• Bypass login page
• DOS - Deny of service
• Install web shell
• Iframe injection
• Access system files
• Install db backdoor
• Theft of sensitive information / credit cards
• Additional step of the attack:
– Attack computers on the LAN
How iframe injection works
• Automated SQL Injection
• Injecting <iframe src=http://xxxxx.com>
• User visits infected site/page
• Trojan horse drive by installation
• Your PC is controlled by black hat hackers
– Send SPAM
– Records all login information
– Records all transactions with bank websites
– Online money transfer
Buzus Trojan
GreenSQL History
• Open Source project
• Started at 2007
• Hosted at sourceforce
• More than 30,000 downloads
• Version 1.2 - 3k downloads in it’s first month
What is GreenSQL
• GreenSQL is a database firewall solution
• Protects against SQL injections and other
known and unknown Database attacks
• Cool web based management interface
• MySQL / PostgreSQL built in support
Database Firewall
GreenSQL – High Level Architecture
Web Apps
Client/Server Apps
Web services/ SOAP
Legacy Apps
SQL Proxy
Risk Matrix
Calculation
SQL Queries
/WL/Policy
Good / Block/
Warn / Learn
Forward and
DB Server 1 DB Server 2 DB Server 3 DB Server N Integration
How it works?
• Reverse Proxy
• Number of databases
• Number of backend DB servers
• Deployment options:
– Can be installed together with the DB server
– Can be installed on dedicated server / VPS
Using the Database Securely
Ecommerce
CMS
Testing
Wiki
Replication
Application
connections
Forums
Reporting
Blog Backup
Database
Monitoring
connections
User
High privileged Administrators
users
Casual users
Application
Users
GreenSQL management console
Multiple Databases / Proxies
Alert Example
GreenSQL Advantages
• Multiple modes
– IDS/IPS / learning / Firewall
• Easy to use
• Pattern Recognition (signatures)
• Heuristics (risk calculation)
• Open Source
GreenSQL Advantages – Cont’
• Cross Platform (any Linux and Unix system)
• Rapid Deployment (pre built packages)
• Well established (30,000 downloads and counting)
• Web application independent
• The only free security solution for MySQL
• The only security solution for PostgreSQL
• User Friendly WEB GUI/Management tool
GreenSQL IPS / IDS
• Sensitive tables
• Multiple queries ( ; / UNION )
• SQL comments
• Empty password
• SQL tautology - true statements (1=1)
• Administrative commands
• Information disclosure commands
But, I’m a kick ass developer
So why should I use GreenSQL
• Legacy code
• Not only Web application and web
services use your database
• Protects the database console access
• 0 day database attacks prevention
• No direct access to the database machine
GreenSQL: Demonstration
http://demo.greensql.net/
http://www.greensql.net/sql-injection-test
Open Source Roadmap
• Native Joomla / Drupal / Wordpres plugins
• Integrated GreenSQL Console as CMS plugin
(you will use Joomla Admin to manage GreenSQL)
• Web user name / IP address reporting in
GreenSQL alerts
• Auditing
GreenSQL Support Program
Installation GreenSQL
Support Optimization
E-mail
Submission
Consulting
Service
portal Software
Updates
Questions
Thank You
• Yuli Stremovsky
• [email protected]
http://blog.greensql.com
http://twitter.com/greensql
