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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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000153

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000337-ALG-000096

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000345-ALG-000099

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000349-ALG-000106

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000355-ALG-000117

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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