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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
  • SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Application Server automatic repository checkpoints must be enabled to track configuration changes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without enabling repository checkpoints, you will not be able to determine the history of changes to WebSphere configuration ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000315-AS-000094

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In previous releases of WebSphere® Application Server, when a user enabled global security, both administrative and applicati...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000315-AS-000095

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A service integration bus is a group of one or more application servers or server clusters in a WebSphere® Application Server...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Application Server groups in the user registry mapped to WebSphere auditor roles must be configured in accordance with the security plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Logging must be utilized in order to track system activity, assist in diagnosing system issues, and provide evidence needed f...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The WebSphere Application Server users in the WebSphere auditor role must be configured in accordance with the System Security Plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Logging must be utilized in order to track system activity, assist in diagnosing system issues, and provide evidence needed f...
    Rule Medium Severity

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