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Database Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000378

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  • The DBMS must prohibit user installation of logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, etc.) without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing regular users to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malici...
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  • SRG-APP-000380

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  • The DBMS must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to configuration may have significant effects on the o...
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  • SRG-APP-000381

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  • The DBMS must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to configuration, it would be difficult to identify a...
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  • SRG-APP-000383

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  • The DBMS must disable network functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed by the organization to be nonsecure, in accord with the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) guidance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of nonsecure network functions, ports, protocols, and services exposes the system to avoidable threats.&lt;/VulnDiscussio...
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  • SRG-APP-000389

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  • The DBMS must require users to re-authenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require re-authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication of an interactive user is the presentation of a Common Access Card (CAC) or other physica...
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  • SRG-APP-000400

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  • The DBMS must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.&lt;/...
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  • SRG-APP-000427

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  • The DBMS must only accept end entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only DoD-approved external PKIs have been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedure...
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  • SRG-APP-000428

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  • The DBMS must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMSs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclos...
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  • SRG-APP-000429

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  • The DBMS must implement cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of organization-defined information at rest on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMSs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclos...
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  • SRG-APP-000431

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  • The DBMS must maintain a separate execution domain for each executing process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management systems can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a se...
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  • SRG-APP-000441

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  • The DBMS must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, including...
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  • SRG-APP-000442

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  • The DBMS must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, duri...
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  • SRG-APP-000447

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  • When invalid inputs are received, the DBMS must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A common vulnerability is unplanned behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or uni...
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  • SRG-APP-000454

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  • When updates are applied to the DBMS software, any software components that have been replaced or made unnecessary must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Previous versions of DBMS components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may b...
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  • SRG-APP-000456

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  • Security-relevant software updates to the DBMS must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g. IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Security flaws with software applications, including database management systems, are discovered daily. Vendors are constantl...
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  • SRG-APP-000492

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  • The DBMS must be able to generate audit records when security objects are accessed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retriev...
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  • SRG-APP-000492

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retriev...
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  • SRG-APP-000494

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are accessed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
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  • SRG-APP-000494

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
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  • SRG-APP-000495

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are added.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
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  • SRG-APP-000495

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to add privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
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  • SRG-APP-000495

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
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  • SRG-APP-000495

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
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  • SRG-APP-000496

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when security objects are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...
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  • SRG-APP-000496

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  • The DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...
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