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Oracle Database 12c Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • System Privileges must not be granted to PUBLIC.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;System privileges can be granted to users and roles and to the user group PUBLIC. All privileges granted to PUBLIC are access...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Oracle roles granted using the WITH ADMIN OPTION must not be granted to unauthorized accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The WITH ADMIN OPTION allows the grantee to grant a role to another database account. Best security practice restricts the pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Object permissions granted to PUBLIC must be restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Permissions on objects may be granted to the user group PUBLIC. Because every database user is a member of the PUBLIC group, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Listener must be configured to require administration authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Oracle listener authentication helps prevent unauthorized administration of the Oracle listener. Unauthorized administration ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Application role permissions must not be assigned to the Oracle PUBLIC role.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Permissions granted to PUBLIC are granted to all users of the database. Custom roles must be used to assign application permi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Oracle application administration roles must be disabled if not required and authorized.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application administration roles, which are assigned system or elevated application object privileges, must be protected from...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Connections by mid-tier web and application systems to the Oracle DBMS from a DMZ or external network must be encrypted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Multi-tier systems may be configured with the database and connecting middle-tier system located on an internal network, with...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Database job/batch queues must be reviewed regularly to detect unauthorized database job submissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized users may bypass security mechanisms by submitting jobs to job queues managed by the database to be run under a ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Unauthorized database links must not be defined and active.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMS links provide a communication and data transfer path definition between two databases that may be used by malicious user...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Sensitive information from production database exports must be modified before import to a development database.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data export from production databases may include sensitive data. Application developers do not have a need to know to sensit...
    Rule Medium Severity

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