Application Server Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The application server must be configured to perform complete application deployments.
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000225
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must provide a clustering capability.
<VulnDiscussion>This requirement is dependent upon system MAC and confidentiality. If the system MAC and confidentiality levels do not specif...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000225
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
<VulnDiscussion>Fail-secure is a condition achieved by the application server in order to ensure that in the event of an operational failure,...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
<VulnDiscussion>When data is written to digital media such as hard drives, mobile computers, external/removable hard drives, personal digital...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server management interface must display an explicit logout message to users indicating the reliable termination of authenticated communications sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>Providing a logout capability to the user allows the user to explicitly close a session and free those resources used during ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000313
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must employ cryptographic mechanisms to ensure confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest when stored off-line.
<VulnDiscussion>This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in non-mobile devices and covers...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000251
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must check the validity of all data inputs to the management interface, except those specifically identified by the organization.
<VulnDiscussion>Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into an applications data entry field and the application is...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must identify potentially security-relevant error conditions.
<VulnDiscussion>The structure and content of error messages need to be carefully considered by the organization and development team. Any ap...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must only generate error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing sensitive or potentially harmful information in error logs and administrative messages.
<VulnDiscussion>Any application providing too much information in error logs and in administrative messages to the screen risks compromising ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000267
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application server must restrict error messages only to authorized users.
<VulnDiscussion>If the application provides too much information in error logs and administrative messages to the screen, this could lead to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000290
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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