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IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The WebSphere Application Server Quality of Protection (QoP) must be set to use TLSv1.2 or higher.

    <VulnDiscussion>Quality of Protection specifies the security level, ciphers, and mutual authentication settings for the Secure Socket Layer (...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000014-AS-000009

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000121-AS-000081

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Application Server security auditing must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Security auditing will not be performed unless the audit security subsystem has been enabled. Global security must be enabled...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013

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

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Application Server maximum in-memory session count must be set according to application requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application management includes the ability to control the number of sessions that utilize an application by all accounts and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000295-AS-000263

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Application Server admin console session timeout must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An attacker can take advantage of user sessions that are left open, thus bypassing the user authentication process. To thwar...
    Rule Medium Severity

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