{"id":48075,"date":"2022-08-19T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33752\/About-That-Draft-Law-Banning-Uncle-Sam-Buying-Insecure-Software.html"},"modified":"2022-08-19T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:23:26","slug":"about-that-draft-law-banning-uncle-sam-buying-insecure-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/about-that-draft-law-banning-uncle-sam-buying-insecure-software\/","title":{"rendered":"About That Draft Law Banning Uncle Sam Buying Insecure Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An attempt by lawmakers to improve parts of the US government&#8217;s cybersecurity defenses has raised questions \u2013 and hackles \u2013 among infosec professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 \u2013 which, if passed, provides billions in funding for the American military and other critical areas of the government \u2013 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/7900\/text\" rel=\"nofollow\">gone through<\/a> the House of Reps and requires Senate approval before president Joe Biden can green light it.<\/p>\n<p>This draft law contains a seemingly well-intentioned section on managing the risk of software-level attacks on the Department of Homeland Security and its supply chain of applications and online services.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>With respect to new and existing government contracts, the proposed act requires a software vendor to provide: &#8220;A certification that each item listed on the submitted bill of materials is free from all known vulnerabilities or defects affecting the security of the end product or service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This includes vulnerabilities listed in NIST&#8217;s National Vulnerability Database or any other CISA-designated database &#8220;that tracks security vulnerabilities and defects in open source or third-party developed software.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other words: Homeland Security can&#8217;t buy software with any known, registered security flaws.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>While this is likely intended to prevent the exploitation of things like <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/07\/14\/dhs_warns_expect_log4j_risks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Log4j<\/a> bugs by miscreants to compromise sensitive government systems, the act&#8217;s language at first glance is frustrating for some. For one thing, all code has bugs \u2013 so blocking purchases on that basis would halt the government&#8217;s procurement system in its mighty military-industrial tracks. Then there&#8217;s the issue of some bugs that aren&#8217;t actually a security risk being wrongly logged in vulnerability databases.<\/p>\n<p>By a strict reading of this act, nothing would ever get deployed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This idea is just misguided at best and an impending sh*tshow at worst,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chainguard.dev\/theres-no-such-thing-as-vulnerability-free-software-it-simply-doesnt-exist-yet\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">argued<\/a> Chainguard co-founder and CEO Dan Lorenc.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\"> <span>Now the reality<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s a big caveat. Uncle Sam can buy known buggy software if the contract includes &#8220;a notification relating to the plan to mitigate, repair, or resolve each security vulnerability or defect listed in the notification.&#8221; In other words, if a bug can be mitigated or is due to be fixed, it&#8217;s not a showstopper.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the language sparked an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGamblin\/status\/1560016175265972224\" rel=\"nofollow\">outcry<\/a> in the Twitterverse as well as concerns that software vendors will stop reporting CVEs \u2013 or companies competing for contracts will run bug bounties on each other.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YwCsjx8CFvG9pyd3RPIaOQAAAQI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Policymakers: please stop considering requirements to eliminate all software vulnerabilities, or bans on sale of software with any vulnerabilities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarleyGeiger\/status\/1560242925656805381\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeted<\/a> attorney Harley Lorenz Geiger, a senior policy director at Rapid7.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please understand that not all vulnerabilities are significant, or can or should be mitigated. Okay, thanks policymakers, good chat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others, such as Luta Security CEO Katie Moussouris, urged security pros to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/k8em0\/status\/1560326497667203072\" rel=\"nofollow\">deep breath<\/a> and relax. The act allows government officials &#8220;to buy software with known CVEs that are mitigated,&#8221; she tweeted, adding that Uncle Sam &#8220;has to mitigate or accept the risk before deploying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Sanchez, a research director at Dell&#8217;Oro Group who covers network security, told <em>The Register<\/em> that while he believes the legislators are well-intentioned, the language may put officials in an impossible position when it comes to purchasing technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, it&#8217;s typical behavior of our legislators to issue mandates that describe the &#8216;what&#8217; but not the &#8216;how,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez said he sees this law bill playing out one of three ways, with regards to Congressfolk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One: &#8220;They cave,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The technology lobbying arm or someone else raises a colossal stink that this is an untenable mandate (which it is), so legislators remove the wording.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The second option: &#8220;They clarify,&#8221; which Sanchez noted involves lawmakers &#8220;doing the right thing&#8221; and making the mandate more practical as opposed to idealistic.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there&#8217;s a third scenario. &#8220;They punt,&#8221; Sanchez said. &#8220;They take the easy route, leave it in as is, and then claim to their constituency that they are pro-cybersecurity and improving US posture. This leaves federal agencies and courts to expend unnecessary time, energy, and money to clean and tighten up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s not too hopeful. &#8220;If I were a betting man,&#8221; Sanchez added, &#8220;I&#8217;d place the bet on number three.&#8221; \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33752\/About-That-Draft-Law-Banning-Uncle-Sam-Buying-Insecure-Software.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[6978],"class_list":["post-48075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-packet-storm","tag-headlinegovernmentusaflaw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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