Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The application must record a time stamp indicating when the event occurred.
<VulnDiscussion>It is important to include the time stamps for when an event occurred. Failure to include time stamps in the event logs is de...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
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The application must provide audit record generation capability for HTTP headers including User-Agent, Referer, GET, and POST.
<VulnDiscussion>HTTP header information is a critical component of data that is used when evaluating forensic activity. Without the capabili...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
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The application must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000500
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The application must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the system.
<VulnDiscussion>Knowing when a user’s application session began and when it ended is critical information that aids in forensic analysis.<...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000507
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SRG-APP-000367
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The application must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.
<VulnDiscussion>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
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Validity periods must be verified on all application messages using WS-Security or SAML assertions.
<VulnDiscussion>When using WS-Security in SOAP messages, the application should check the validity of the time stamps with creation and expir...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000014
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application must ensure messages are encrypted when the SessionIndex is tied to privacy data.
<VulnDiscussion>When the SessionIndex is tied to privacy data (e.g., attributes containing privacy data) the message should be encrypted. If ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000023
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SRG-APP-000001
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The application must provide a capability to limit the number of logon sessions per user.
<VulnDiscussion>Application management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an application. Lim...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000295
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The application must clear temporary storage and cookies when the session is terminated.
<VulnDiscussion>Persistent cookies are a primary means by which a web application will store application state and user information. Since H...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000295
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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