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IBM WebSphere Liberty Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The server.xml file must be protected from unauthorized modification.

    <VulnDiscussion>When dealing with access restrictions pertaining to change control, it should be noted that any changes to the software, and/...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000400-AS-000246

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000014-AS-000009

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server Quality of Protection (QoP) must be set to use TLSv1.2 or higher.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Quality of Protection in WebSphere Liberty specifies the security level, ciphers, and mutual authentication settings for the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000015-AS-000010

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Security cookies must be set to HTTPOnly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web applications use cookies to track users across requests. These cookies, while typically not sensitive in themselves, conn...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server must log remote session and security activity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Security auditing must be configured in order to log remote session activity. Security auditing will not be performed unless ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-AS-000024

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Users in the REST API admin role must be authorized.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users with console access and OS permissions to the folders where the Liberty Server is installed can make changes to the ser...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-AS-000070

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server must be configured to offload logs to a centralized system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log processing failures include, but are not limited to, failures in the application server log capturing mechanisms or log s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000119-AS-000079

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server must protect log information from unauthorized access or changes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;WebSphere Liberty provides the capability to encrypt and sign the log data to prevent unauthorized modification. - The secu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121-AS-000081

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server must protect log tools from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting log data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Depending on the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000126-AS-000085

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server must generate log records for authentication and authorization events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling authentication (SECURITY_AUTHN) and authorization (SECURITY_AUTHZ) event handlers configures the server to record se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The WebSphere Liberty Server must be configured to encrypt log information.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of log records is of critical importance. Encrypting log records provides a level of protection that does not rely...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-AS-000092

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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