On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 01:11:20PM +0000, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 6:14 PM Kevin Fenzi <ke...@scrye.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 07:32:04AM +0000, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
> > > > The weakest point in the current system is really the FAS password. If
> > > > you have a packager's FAS password you can change the ssh key
> > > > associated with the account to another that you control, and the FAS
> > > > password is also all you need to run a build and submit it to Bodhi.
> >
> > Well, really the weakest point is email. If you have control over a fas
> > accounts email address you can reset the password, etc.
> >
> > > Or you add an SSH key without removing the maintainer's keys on the
> > > off chance that it would go unnoticed...
> >
> > fas sends email on every such change.
> 
> There are situations where notifications could go unnoticed. At this
> point if an attacker managed to compromise an email address and add an
> SSH key to a fas account, the attacker might also delete the
> notification email promptly.

Sure, or reset the password...or change the email address, or pretty
much anything. This is why I said "the weakest point is email". 

We assume someone who controls an email is the same as the person who
controls the account associated with that email. 

kevin

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