Patcher

This project is DEPRECATED and NO LONGER SUPPORTED. If you think this should really be supported, reach out and we can discuss options.

Description

The idea behind this tool is to define a workflow for patching systems. This workflow consists of 3 steps:

• Scan a system with InSpec Patch Baseline
• Approve the patches and generate a patch policy
• Apply those with any configuration management tool

At this point, the workflow is supported with

• DevSec Linux Patch Baseline
• Atomic111 Linux Patch Cookbook

Platform

• Ubuntu > 12.04

Usage

$ patcher extract examples/ubuntu-16.04_default_inspec.json
Load examples/ubuntu-16.04_default_inspec.json
+------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| Package                      | Version                                    |
+------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| apparmor                     | 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.7                         |
| apport                       | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10                         |
| apt                          | 1.2.24                                     |
| apt-transport-https          | 1.2.24                                     |
| apt-utils                    | 1.2.24                                     |
| base-files                   | 9.4ubuntu4.5                               |
| bash                         | 4.3-14ubuntu1.2                            |
| bind9-host                   | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.8                |
| binutils                     | 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.5                    |
| bsdutils                     | 1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3                        |
| btrfs-tools                  | 4.4-1ubuntu1                               |
| ca-certificates              | 20170717~16.04.1                           |
| cloud-initramfs-copymods     | 0.27ubuntu1.4                              |
| cloud-initramfs-dyn-netconf  | 0.27ubuntu1.4                              |
| coreutils                    | 8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04                        |
| cpp-5                        | 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5                     |
| cryptsetup                   | 2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2.1                         |
| cryptsetup-bin               | 2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2.1                         |
| curl                         | 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.3                          |
| distro-info-data             | 0.28ubuntu0.3                              |
| dnsmasq-base                 | 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.3                      |
...

# scan
inspec exec ./ -t ssh://ubuntu@<dns-name> --key-files=<keyfile> --sudo --format=json > ubuntu-16.04-inspec.json

# extract patch
patcher extract ubuntu-16.04-inspec.json --format json --output chef-update-linux/data_bags/packagelist/update.json

# run chef-update-linux cookbook
chef-client

Kudos

This tool is based on the initial idea from Patrick Münch who created the chef-update-linux cookbook.

License and Author

• Author:: Christoph Hartmann [email protected]
• Author:: Patrick Münch [email protected]
• Author:: Dominik Richter [email protected]

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.