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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the Ports, Protocol, and Service Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.

    <VulnDiscussion>In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
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  • SRG-NET-000138-ALG-000063

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users) when connecting to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
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  • SRG-NET-000138-ALG-000088

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured with a pre-established trust relationship and mechanisms with appropriate authorities (e.g., Active Directory or authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server) that validate user account access authorizations and privileges when providing access control to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User account and privilege validation must be centralized in order to prevent unauthorized access using changed or revoked pr...
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  • SRG-NET-000138-ALG-000089

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must restrict user authentication traffic to specific authentication server(s) when providing access control to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User authentication can be used as part of the policy filtering rule sets. Some URLs or network resources can be restricted t...
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  • SRG-NET-000140-ALG-000094

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  • To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must use multifactor authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts when granting access to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, non-privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to ...
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  • SRG-NET-000164-ALG-000100

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to validate certificates used for TLS functions for connections to virtual servers by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A trust anchor is an authoritative entity represented via a public key. Within a chain of trust, the top entity to be trusted...
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  • SRG-NET-000166-ALG-000101

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation providing PKI-based, user authentication intermediary services must be configured to map the authenticated identity to the user account for PKI-based authentication to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authorization for access to any network element requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure on...
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  • SRG-NET-000169-ALG-000102

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users) when connecting to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Lack of authentication enables anyone to gain access to the network or possibly a network element that provides opportunity f...
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  • SRG-NET-000213-ALG-000107

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  • SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000152

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must terminate all communications sessions at the end of the session or as follows: for in-band management sessions (privileged sessions), the session must be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity, and for user sessions (nonprivileged sessions), the session must be terminated after 15 minutes of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take c...
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  • SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect the authenticity of communications sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authenticity protection provides protection against man-in-the-middle attacks/session hijacking and the insertion of false in...
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  • SRG-NET-000313-ALG-000010

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation providing intermediary services for remote access communications traffic must control remote access methods to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access devices, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automated...
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  • SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000014

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  • To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
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  • SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000151

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  • To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent SQL injection attacks from being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
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  • SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000015

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  • To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to detect code injection attacks being launched against data storage objects.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
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  • SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000020

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  • To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to detect SQL injection attacks being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
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  • SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000153

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to detect code injection attacks being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
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  • SRG-NET-000337-ALG-000096

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must be configured to require multifactor authentication for remote access with privileged accounts to virtual servers in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For remote access to privileged accounts, the purpose of requiring a device that is separate from the information system gain...
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  • SRG-NET-000345-ALG-000099

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to deny-by-default all PKI-based authentication to virtual servers supporting path discovery and validation if unable to access revocation information via the network.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When revocation data is unavailable from the network, the system should be configured to deny-by-default to mitigate the risk...
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  • SRG-NET-000349-ALG-000106

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be able to conform to FICAM-issued profiles when providing authentication to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without conforming to Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM)-issued profiles, the information system may...
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  • SRG-NET-000355-ALG-000117

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance providing user authentication intermediary services must only accept end entity certificates issued by DOD PKI or DOD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of protected sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Non-DOD approved PKIs have not been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedures in p...
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  • SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000112

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing rate-based attack prevention behavior analysis when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation...
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  • SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000120

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to implement load balancing to limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Load balancin...
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  • SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000126

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installati...
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  • SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000155

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  • The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing pattern recognition pre-processors when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation...
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  • SRG-NET-000364-ALG-000122

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