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Oracle Database 11.2g Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Fixed user and public database links must be authorized for use.

    Database links define connections that may be used by the local database to access remote Oracle databases. These links provide a means for a compromise to the local database to spread to remote da...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • A minimum of two Oracle control files must be defined and configured to be stored on separate, archived disks (physical or virtual) or archived partitions on a RAID device.

    Oracle control files are used to store information critical to Oracle database integrity. Oracle uses these files to maintain time synchronization of database files as well as at system startup to ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Execute permission must be revoked from PUBLIC for restricted Oracle packages.

    Access to the following packages should be restricted to authorized accounts only. UTL_FILE: allows Oracle accounts to read and write files on the host operating system. UTL_SMTP: allows messages ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Oracle SQL92_SECURITY parameter must be set to TRUE.

    The configuration option SQL92_SECURITY specifies whether table-level SELECT privileges are required to execute an update or delete that references table column values. If this option is disabled (...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Privileges must not be granted to PUBLIC.

    System privileges can be granted to users and roles and to the user group PUBLIC. All privileges granted to PUBLIC are accessible to every user in the database. Many of these privileges convey cons...
    Rule Medium Severity

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