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MarkLogic Server v9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001

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  • MarkLogic Server must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enterprise environments make account management for applications and databases challenging and complex. A manual process for ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-DB-000084

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  • MarkLogic Server must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication with a DoD-approved PKI certificate does not necessarily imply authorization to access the DBMS. To mitigate t...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080-DB-000063

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  • MarkLogic Server must protect against a user falsely repudiating having performed organization-defined actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Non-repudiation of actions taken is required in order to maintain data integrity. Examples of particular actions taken by ind...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

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  • MarkLogic Server must be configured to provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

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  • MarkLogic Server must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066

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  • MarkLogic Server must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325

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  • MarkLogic Server must be able to generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

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  • MarkLogic Server must initiate session auditing upon startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Session auditing is used when a user's activities are under investigation. To ensure all activity is captured during the peri...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000049

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  • MarkLogic Server must shut down by default upon audit failure, to include the unavailability of space for more audit log records; or must be configurable to shut down upon audit failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the DBMS is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the fai...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059

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  • The audit information produced by MarkLogic Server must be protected from unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000119-DB-000060

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  • The audit information produced by MarkLogic Server must be protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000120-DB-000061

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  • The audit information produced by MarkLogic Server must be protected from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data becomes compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121-DB-000202

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  • MarkLogic Server must protect its audit features from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Depending up...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000122-DB-000203

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  • MarkLogic Server must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000123-DB-000204

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  • MarkLogic Server must protect its audit features from unauthorized removal.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000179

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  • MarkLogic Server must limit privileges to change software modules, including stored procedures, functions, and triggers, and links to software external to the DBMS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000198

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  • MarkLogic Server software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000199

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  • MarkLogic Server software, including configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories, or DASD pools, separate from the host OS and other applications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000200

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  • MarkLogic Server objects (including but not limited to indexes, storage, functions, triggers, links to software external to the server, etc.) must be owned by database/MarkLogic Server principals authorized for ownership.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Within the database, object ownership implies full privileges to the owned object, including the privilege to assign access t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 indexes, storage, etc.) and logic modules (functions, triggers, links to software external to the MarkLogic Server, 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

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  • MarkLogic Server 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....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103

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  • MarkLogic Server must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164-DB-000401

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  • If MarkLogic Server authentication using passwords is employed, MarkLogic Server must enforce the DoD standards for password complexity and lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;OS/enterprise authentication and identification must be used (SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001). Native DBMS authentication may be us...
    Rule Medium Severity

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