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Detailed Software Supply Chain Uses Cases for SCITT
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draft-ietf-scitt-software-use-cases-03
Network Working Group                                        H. Birkholz
Internet-Draft                                            Fraunhofer SIT
Intended status: Informational                              Y. Deshpande
Expires: 20 October 2024                                             ARM
                                                               D. Brooks
                                                                     REA
                                                               R. Martin
                                                                   MITRE
                                                               B. Knight
                                                               Microsoft
                                                           18 April 2024

          Detailed Software Supply Chain Uses Cases for SCITT
                 draft-ietf-scitt-software-use-cases-03

Abstract

   This document includes a collection of representative Software Supply
   Chain Use Cases.  These use cases aim to identify software supply
   chain problems that the industry faces today and act as a guideline
   for developing a comprehensive security architecture and solutions
   for these scenarios.

About This Document

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   Status information for this document may be found at
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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Generic Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Software Supply Chain Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  Verification That Signing Certificate Is Authorized by
            Supplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.3.  Multi Stakeholder Evaluation of a Released Software
            Product  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.4.  Security Analysis of a Software Product . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.5.  Promotion of a Software Component by Multiple Entities  .   8
     2.6.  Post-Boot Firmware Provenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.7.  Auditing of Software Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     2.8.  Authentic Software Components in Air-Gapped
            Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     2.9.  Firmware Delivery to Large Set of Devices . . . . . . . .  11
     2.10. Software Integrator Assembling a Software Product for a
            Smart Car  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     2.11. Identify Statements and Updates to Specific Versions of
            Released Software  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   3.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14

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     3.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     3.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

1.  Introduction

   Modern software applications are an intricate mix of first-party and
   third-party code, development practices and tools, deployment methods
   and infrastructure, and interfaces and protocols.  The software
   supply chain comprises all elements associated with a system's
   design, development, build, integration, deployment, and maintenance
   throughout its entire lifecycle.  The complexity of software, coupled
   with a lack of lifecycle visibility, increases the risks associated
   with system attack surface and the number of cyber threats capable of
   harmful impacts, such as exfiltration of data, disruption of
   operations, and loss of reputation, intellectual property, and
   financial assets.  There is a need for an architecture that will
   allow consumers to know that suppliers maintained appropriate
   security practices without requiring access to proprietary
   intellectual property.  SCITT-enabled products assist in managing
   compliance with often distinct, but overlapping and interconnected,
   legal, regulatory, and technical requirements, assessing risks, and
   detecting supply chain attacks across the software lifecycle while
   prioritizing data privacy.

1.1.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.  Generic Problem Statement

   Supply chain security is a prerequisite to protecting consumers and
   minimizing economic, public health, and safety threats.  Supply chain
   security has historically focused on risk management practices to
   safeguard logistics, meet compliance regulations, forecast demand,
   and optimize inventory.  While these elements are foundational to a
   healthy supply chain, an integrated cyber security-based perspective
   of the software supply chains remains broadly undefined.  Recently,
   the global community has experienced numerous supply chain attacks
   targeting weaknesses in software supply chains.  As illustrated in
   Figure 1, a software supply chain attack may leverage one or more
   lifecycle stages and directly or indirectly target the component.

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         Dependencies        Malicious 3rd-party package or version
              |
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |
        |   Code    |        Compromise source control
        |           |
        +-----+-----+
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |        Malicious plug-ins;
        |  Commit   |        Malicious commit
        |           |
        +-----+-----+
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |        Modify build tasks or build environment;
        |   Build   |        Poison build agent/compiler;
        |           |        Tamper with build cache
        +-----+-----+
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |        Compromise test tools;
        |    Test   |        Falsification of test results
        |           |
        +-----+-----+
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |        Use bad package;
        |  Package  |        Compromise package repository
        |           |
        +-----+-----+
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |        Modify release tasks;
        |  Release  |        Modify build drop prior to release
        |           |
        +-----+-----+
              |
        +-----+-----+
        |           |
        |  Deploy   |        Tamper with versioning and update process
        |           |
        +-----------+

                    Figure 1: Example Lifecycle Threats

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   DevSecOps often depends on third-party and open-source software.
   These dependencies can be quite complex throughout the supply chain
   and render the checking of lifecycle compliance difficult.  There is
   a need for manageable auditability and accountability of digital
   products.  Typically, the range of types of statements about digital
   products (and their dependencies) is vast, heterogeneous, and can
   differ between community policy requirements.  Taking the type and
   structure of all statements about digital and products into account
   might not be possible.  Examples of statements may include commit
   signatures, build environment and parameters, software bill of
   materials, static and dynamic application security testing results,
   fuzz testing results, release approvals, deployment records,
   vulnerability scan results, and patch logs.  In consequence, instead
   of trying to understand and describe the detailed syntax and
   semantics of every type of statement about digital products, the
   SCITT architecture focuses on ensuring statement authenticity,
   visibility/transparency, and intends to provide scalable
   accessibility.  The following use cases illustrate the scope of SCITT
   and elaborate on the generic problem statement above.

2.1.  Software Supply Chain Use Cases

2.2.  Verification That Signing Certificate Is Authorized by Supplier

   Consumers wish to verify the authenticity and integrity of software
   they use before installation.  To do this today, they rely on the
   digital signature of the software.  This can be misleading, however,
   as there is no guarantee that the certificate used to sign the
   software is authorized by the Supplier for signing.  For example, a
   malicious actor may obtain a signing certificate from a reputable
   organization and use that certificate to sign malicious software.
   The consumer, believing the software originated from the reputable
   organization, would then install malicious software.

   A consumer of software wants to:

   *  verify the authenticity and integrity of software they use before
      installation.

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  enable the consumer to verify that software originated from a
      'duly authorized signing party' on behalf of the supplier, and is
      still valid.

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2.3.  Multi Stakeholder Evaluation of a Released Software Product

   In the IT industry, it is a common practice that once a software
   product is released, it is evaluated on various aspects.  For
   example, an auditing company, a code review company or a government
   body will examine the software product and issue authoritative
   reports about the product.  The end users (consumers or distribution
   entities) use these report to make an accurate assessment as to
   whether the software product is deemed fit to use.

   There are multiple such authoritative bodies that make such
   assessments.  There is no assurance that all the bodies may be aware
   of statements from other authoritative entities or actively
   acknowledge them.  Discovery of all sources of such reports and/or
   identities of the authoritative bodies adds a significant cost to the
   end user or consumer of the product.

   A consumer of released software product wants to:

   *  offload the burden of identifying all relevant authoritative
      entities to an entity who does it on their behalf

   *  offload the burden to filter from and select all statements that
      are applicable to a particular version of a multi release software
      product, to an entity who does this on their behalf

   *  make an informed decisions on which authoritative entities to
      believe

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  aggregate large numbers of related statements in one place and
      discover them

   *  referencing other statements via a statement

   *  identifying or discover all (or at least a critical mass) of
      relevant authoritative entities

2.4.  Security Analysis of a Software Product

   This use case is a specialization of the use case above.

   A released software product is often accompanied by a set of
   complementary statements about it's security compliance.  This gives
   enough confidence to both producers and consumers that the released
   software has a good security standard and is suitable to use.

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   Subsequently, multiple security researchers often run sophisticated
   security analysis tools on the same product.  The intention is to
   identify any security weaknesses or vulnerabilities in the package.

   Initially, a particular analysis can identify a simple weakness in a
   software component.  Over a period of time, a statement from a third-
   party illustrates that the weakness is exposed in a way that
   represents an exploitable vulnerability.  The producer of the
   software product provides a statement that confirms the linking of
   software component vulnerability with the software product and also
   issues an advisory statement on how to mitigate the vulnerability.
   At first, the producer provides an updated software product that
   still uses the vulnerable software component but shields the issue in
   a fashion that inhibits exploitation.  Later, a second update of the
   software product includes a security patch to the affected software
   component from the software producer.  Finally, a third update
   includes a new release (updated version) of the formerly insecure
   software component.  For this release, both the software product and
   the affected software component are deemed secure by the producer and
   consumers.

   A consumer of a released software wants to:

   *  know where to get these security statements from producers and
      third-parties related to the software product in a timely and
      unambiguous fashion

   *  attribute them to an authoritative issuer

   *  associate the statements in a meaningful manner via a set of well-
      known semantic relationships

   *  consistently, efficiently, and homogeneously check their
      authenticity

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  know the various sources of statements

   *  express the provenance and historicity of statements

   *  relate and link various heterogeneous statements in a simple
      fashion

   *  check that the statement comes from a source with authority to
      issue that statement

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2.5.  Promotion of a Software Component by Multiple Entities

   A software component (e.g., a library) released by a certain original
   producer is becoming popular.  The released software component is
   accompanied by a statement of authenticity (e.g., a detached
   signature).  Over time, due to its enhanced applicability to various
   products, there has been an increasing amount of multiple providers
   of the same software component version on the internet.

   Some providers include this particular software component as part of
   their release package bundle and provide the package with proof of
   authenticity using their own issuer authority.  Some packages include
   the original statement of authenticity, and some do not.  Over time,
   some providers no longer offer the exact same software component
   source code but pre-compiled software component binaries.  Some
   sources do not provide the exact same software component, but include
   patches and fixes produced by third-parties, as these emerge faster
   than solutions from the original producer.  Due to complex
   distribution and promotion lifecycle scenarios, the original software
   component takes myriad forms.

   A consumer of a released software wants to:

   *  understand if a particular provider is actually the original
      provider or a promoter

   *  know if and how the source, or resulting binary, of a promoted
      software component differs from the original software component

   *  check the provenance and history of a software component's source
      back to its origin

   *  assess whether to trust a promoter or not

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  reliably discern if a provider is the original producer or is a
      trustworthy promoter or is an illegitimate provider

   *  track the provenance path from an original producer to a
      particular provider

   *  check the trustworthiness of a provider

   *  check the integrity of modifications or transformations applied by
      a provider

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2.6.  Post-Boot Firmware Provenance

   In contrast to operating systems or user space software components of
   a large and complex systems, firmware components are often already
   executed during boot-cycles before there is an opportunity to
   authenticate them.

   Authentication takes place, for example, by validating a signed
   artifact against a Reference Integrity Manifest (RIM), such as IETF's
   Concise Reference Integrity Manifest, TCG Reference Integrity
   Manifest (RIM) Information Model, or another specification as
   applicable.  Corresponding procedures are often called authenticated,
   measured, or secure boot.  The output of these high assurance boot
   procedures is often used as input to more complex verifications known
   as remote attestation procedures.

   If measurements before execution are not possible, static after-the-
   fact analysis is required, typically by examining artifacts.  When
   best practices are followed, measurements (e.g., a hash or digests)
   are stored in a protected or shielded environment (e.g., TEEs or
   TPMs).  After finishing a boot sequence, these measurements about
   foundational firmware are retrieved after-the-fact from shielded
   locations and must be compared to reference values that are part of
   RIMs.  A verifying system appraising the integrity of a boot sequence
   must identify, locate, retrieve, and authenticate corresponding RIMs.

   A consumer of published software wants to:

   *  easily identify sources for RIMs

   *  select appropriate RIMs and download them for the appraisal of
      measurements

   *  assure the authenticity, applicability, and freshness of RIMs over
      time

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  identify, locate, retrieve and authenticate RIMs in a uniform
      fashion

   *  uniquely identify and filter multiple potential available RIMs
      (e.g., by age, source, signing authority, etc.)

   *  store RIMs in a secure fashion that enables their usage in
      appraisal procedures years after they were created

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2.7.  Auditing of Software Products

   An organization has established procurement requirements and
   compliance policies for software use.  In order to allow the
   acquisition and deployment of software in certain security domains of
   the organization, a check of software quality and characteristics
   must succeed.  Compliance and requirement checking includes audits of
   the results of organizational procedures and technical procedures,
   which can originate from checks conducted by the organization itself
   or checks conducted by trusted third parties.  Consequently,
   consumers of statements about released software can be auditors.
   Examples of procedure results important to audits include:

   *  available fresh and applicable code reviews

   *  certification documents (e.g., FIPS or Common Criteria)

   *  virus scans

   *  vulnerability disclosure reports (fixed or not fixed)

   *  security impact or applicability justification statements

   Relevant documents (such as compliance, requirements or procedure
   results) originate from various sources and include a wide range of
   representations and formats.

   A producer of released software wants to:

   *  match disclosures related to released software to the needs of an
      auditor

   *  provide documents that enable efficient audit procedures

   *  minimize the cost of audits

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  discover and associate relevant documents, data, and validation
      results required for various types of audits

   *  assert the authenticity and provenance of documents relevant to
      audits in a deterministic and uniform fashion

   *  check the validity of identity statements about relevant documents
      after the fact (when they were made) in a consistent, long-term
      fashion

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   *  allow for more than one level of disclosure of audit procedures
      (potentially depending on criticality)

2.8.  Authentic Software Components in Air-Gapped Infrastructure

   Some software is deployed on systems not connected to the Internet.
   Authenticity checks for off-line systems can occur at time of
   deployment of released software.  Off-line systems require
   appropriate configuration and maintenance to be able to conduct
   useful authenticity checks.  If the off-line systems in operation are
   part of constrained node environments, they do not possess the
   capabilities to process and evaluate all the authenticity proofs that
   come with the released software.

   A consumer of released software wants:

   *  a proof of authenticity that can be checked by an off-line system
      for vast periods of time after system deployment

   *  a proof of authenticity to be small and as uniform as possible to
      allow for application in constrained node environments

   *  a simple and low cost way to update the configuration of a system
      component in charge of validity or authenticity checking

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  provide an authenticity proof that can be checked by off-line
      systems in a simple and uniform fashion

   *  enable high performance, and constrained systems to conduct
      authenticity checks

   *  verify the authenticity and integrity of software in a fashion
      that scales

2.9.  Firmware Delivery to Large Set of Devices

   Firmware is a critical component of constrained IoT devices and
   general purpose computers.  Firmware is often the bedrock on which
   the security story of a device is built.  For example, personal
   health monitoring devices (eHealth devices) are generally battery
   driven and offer health telemetry monitoring, such as temperature,
   blood pressure, and pulse rate.  These devices typically connect to
   the Internet through an intermediary base station using wireless
   technologies.  Through this connection, the telemetry data and
   analytics are transferred, and the device receives firmware updates
   published by vendors.  During initialization, general purpose

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   computers can also have resource constraints like that of constrained
   IoT devices.  Verification of hardened configuration of the
   computer's chipset for ongoing telemetry is increasingly important.
   After initialization, even if not constrained similarly to IoT
   devices, the computer's operating system can facilitate telemetry
   about telemetry settings and measure differences at scale.  The
   public network, open distribution system, and firmware update process
   create several security challenges.

   Consumers and other interested parties of a firmware update ecosystem
   want to:

   *  know that the received firmware for system update is not faulty or
      malicious

   *  know if the signing identity used to assert the authenticity of
      the firmware is somehow used to sign unintended updates

   *  ascertain that the released firmware is not subverted or
      compromised due to an insider risk - be it malicious or otherwise

   *  confirm that the publishers knows if their deliverable has been
      compromised.  For example, can they trust their key protection or
      audit logging?

   *  know how the update client on an instance of a health monitoring
      system discerns a general update from one specially crafted for
      just a small subset of a fleet of devices

   *  know if the firmware has effectively maintained or changed
      applicable hardware settings after installation

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  provide an update framework that allows validation of authenticity
      of firmware revisions (in addition to existing approaches, such as
      [RFC9019], [RFC9124], or [TUF])

   *  to verify that the firmware update seen by a single device, is
      indeed the same as seen by all the devices

   *  reliably discern an update that has been signed by the appropriate
      and intended signing identity

   *  make an informed judgement on all available information about
      firmware at the install time.

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   *  implement an update framework with the ability to measure hardware
      configuration

2.10.  Software Integrator Assembling a Software Product for a Smart Car

   Software Integration is a complex activity.  This typically involves
   getting various software components from multiple suppliers,
   producing an integrated package deployed as part of device assembly.
   For example, car manufacturers source integrated software for their
   autonomous vehicles from third parties that integrates software
   components from various sources.  Integration complexity creates a
   higher risk of security vulnerabilities to the delivered software.

   Consumers of integrated software want:

   *  all components presents in a software product listed

   *  the ability to identify and retrieve all components from a secure
      and tamper-proof location

   *  to receive an alert when a vulnerability scan detects a known
      security issue on a running software component

   *  verifiable proofs on build process and build environment with all
      supplier tiers to ensure end to end build quality and security

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  provide a tiered and transparent framework that allows for
      verification of integrity and authenticity of the integrated
      software at both component and product level before installation

   *  notify software integrators of vulnerabilities identified during
      security scans of running software

   *  provide valid annotations on build integrity to ensure conformance

2.11.  Identify Statements and Updates to Specific Versions of Released
       Software

   Software producers often have multiple and concurrent supported
   versions of a product.  The versions may represent major feature or
   compatibility differentiating releases (1.0, 2.0), or implementations
   for different Operating System Platforms and their respective
   Instruction Set Architectures (AMD, ARM, x86, x64 for Linux, Mac, and
   Windows).

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   For each release, the software producer must be capable of providing
   statements, unique to that version.  Producers may provide patches to
   upgrade specific versions and not others.  Consumers need to know
   which updates are compatible with their environment.  Third parties
   that provide statements of quality need to know how to differentiate
   supported version bands, avoiding the recommendation to upgrade to an
   incompatible version.

   As versions lose recency and freshness and vulnerabilities are
   discovered, consumers need to know the latest version of a particular
   product.  Software producers implement versioned updates, however
   there are no standards for consumers and third parties to apply
   across software producers.

   Consumers of related software components want to:

   *  discover information based on certain aspects of software, such as
      version, platform architecture, or associated vulnerabilities

   *  assess the applicability of patches when planning update campaigns

   There is no standardized way to:

   *  associate vulnerability information, statements of quality,
      statements of support and end of life (EOL) with a specific
      version of a product

   *  identify a patched version, specific to their Operating System and
      Platform

   *  differentiate major and minor version upgrades

   *  provide concurrent versioned updates

3.  References

3.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8174>.

3.2.  Informative References

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   [RFC9019]  Moran, B., Tschofenig, H., Brown, D., and M. Meriac, "A
              Firmware Update Architecture for Internet of Things",
              RFC 9019, DOI 10.17487/RFC9019, April 2021,
              <https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9019>.

   [RFC9124]  Moran, B., Tschofenig, H., and H. Birkholz, "A Manifest
              Information Model for Firmware Updates in Internet of
              Things (IoT) Devices", RFC 9124, DOI 10.17487/RFC9124,
              January 2022, <https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9124>.

   [TUF]      "The Update Framework Overview", n.d.,
              <https://theupdateframework.io/overview/>.

Authors' Addresses

   Henk Birkholz
   Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology
   Rheinstrasse 75
   64295 Darmstadt
   Germany
   Email: henk.birkholz@sit.fraunhofer.de

   Yogesh Deshpande
   ARM
   Email: yogesh.deshpande@arm.com

   Dick Brooks
   REA
   Email: dick@reliableenergyanalytics.com

   Robert Martin
   MITRE
   Email: ramartin@mitre.org

   Brian Knight
   Microsoft
   Email: brianknight@microsoft.com

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