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IBM DB2 V10.5 LUW Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000362

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  • The role(s)/group(s) used to modify database structure (including but not necessarily limited to tables, indexes, storage, etc.) and logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to DB2, etc.) must be restricted to authorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the DBMS were to allow any user to make changes to database structure or logic, then those changes might be implemented wi...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000090

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  • Default demonstration and sample databases, database objects, and applications must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091

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  • Unused database components, DBMS software, and database objects must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000092

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  • Applications using the database must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords and PINs, during the authentication process, the f...
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  • Unused database components which are integrated in DB2 and cannot be uninstalled must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000093

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  • Access to external executables must be disabled or restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

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  • DB2 must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
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  • SRG-APP-000172-DB-000075

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  • If passwords are used for authentication, DB2 must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be us...
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  • SRG-APP-000178-DB-000083

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  • SRG-APP-000178-DB-000083

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  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000328

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  • When using command-line tools such as db2, users must use a Connect method that does not expose the password.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords and PINs, during the authentication process, the f...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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  • DB2 must use NIST FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or not validated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption and digital signatures ...
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  • SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

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  • DB2 must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, worksta...
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  • SRG-APP-000224-DB-000384

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  • DB2 must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attack involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers bas...
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  • SRG-APP-000226-DB-000147

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  • Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Per...
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  • In the event of a system failure, DB2 must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. F...
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  • SRG-APP-000231-DB-000154

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  • DB2 must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in non-mobile devices and covers...
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  • SRG-APP-000233-DB-000124

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  • DB2 must isolate security functions from non-security functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...
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  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000128

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  • Database contents must be protected from unauthorized and unintended information transfer by enforcement of a data-transfer policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. D...
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  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000374

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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000160

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  • DB2 must generate audit records when successful logons or connections occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who/what (a user or other principal) logs on to the DBMS.&lt;...
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  • DB2 must check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into an application's data entry fields and the application ...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000391

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  • DB2 and associated applications must reserve the use of dynamic code execution for situations that require it.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With respect to database management systems, one class of threat is known as SQL Injection, or more generally, code injection...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000392

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  • DB2 and associated applications, when making use of dynamic code execution, must scan input data for invalid values that may indicate a code injection attack.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With respect to database management systems, one class of threat is known as SQL Injection, or more generally, code injection...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

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  • DB2 must provide non-privileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any DBMS or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromis...
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  • SRG-APP-000267-DB-000163

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  • DB2 must reveal detailed error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, SA and DBA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the DBMS provides too much information in error logs and administrative messages to the screen, this could lead to comprom...
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  • SRG-APP-000295-DB-000305

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  • DB2 must automatically terminate a user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that ...
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  • SRG-APP-000311-DB-000308

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  • When supporting applications that require security labeling of data, DB2 must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for the DBMS to make security-related access-con...
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