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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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.

    <VulnDiscussion>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...
    Rule High Severity
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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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