Hi Dan

 

Correct, it's exactly that case I'm talking about. If a DNS record pointing to a public CF cloud is not cleaned up properly an attacker can then take over that domain without any issues.

 

My idea would be to add a feature (which can be enabled on public CF offerings) that would verify the ownership of a domain using a TXT record. Of course you don't need that on private CF installations. There this step would be rather annoying.

 

Kind regards

Adrian

 

From: cf-dev@... [mailto:cf-dev@...dry.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mikusa
Sent: Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2018 14:55
To: CF Developers Mailing List <cf-dev@...>
Subject: Re: [cf-dev] DNS takeover

 

I'm curious, how do you think this attack could be applied to CF (unless you're sitting on an actual attack, then don't post in here publicly and notify the security team)? 

 

CF isn't performing DNS management.  I can add any domain I want using `cf create-domain` or `cf create-shared-domain` (ex: `cf create-shared-domain google.com`), but unless there are wildcard DNS records, set up externally, for that domain pointing to the LB for my CF installation, I can't do anything with that domain (you technically can use it within CF, but no traffic will route to CF).

 

The only case where I could see this happening is if someone used a public CF provider, like PWS or Bluemix, then stopped using it but didn't clean up their DNS.  At that point, the DNS would be pointing to the public provider, but if the user deleted their account, including the org & custom domain, then the domain would not be in use.  I think (haven't tested) CF would permit some other user to add the domain to their account & deploy apps using that domain.

 

Dan

 

 

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 2:23 AM, <adrian.kurt@...> wrote:

Hi

 

I just stumbled on an article about DNS takeover attacks (https://thehackerblog.com/the-orphaned-internet-taking-over-120k-domains-via-a-dns-vulnerability-in-aws-google-cloud-rackspace-and-digital-ocean/index-2.html).

Are there any plans to add features to CF that would prevent this? E.g. do some txt DNS entry to verify the ownership of a domain on creation of new domains in CF.

 

Kind regards

Adrian