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Application Server Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The application server must control remote access methods.

    <VulnDiscussion>Application servers provide remote access capability and must be able to enforce remote access policy requirements or work in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000316

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    Group
  • The application server must provide the capability to immediately disconnect or disable remote access to the management interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to immediately disconnect or disable remote access, an attack or other compromise taking progress would n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000340

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    Group
  • The application server must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or proce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The application server must provide access logging that ensures users who are granted a privileged role (or roles) have their privileged activity logged.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to be able to provide a forensic history of activity, the application server must ensure users who are granted a pri...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000356

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    Group
  • The application server must provide centralized management and configuration of the content to be captured in log records generated by all application components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A clustered application server is made up of several servers working together to provide the user a failover and increased co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000357

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    Group
  • The application server must allocate log record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined log record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The proper management of log records not only dictates proper archiving processes and procedures be established, it also requ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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