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Database Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000266

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  • The DBMS must provide non-privileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any DBMS or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000267

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    Group
  • The DBMS must reveal detailed error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, SA and DBA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the DBMS provides too much information in error logs and administrative messages to the screen, this could lead to comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DBMS must automatically terminate a user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000296

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    Group
  • The DBMS must provide logout functionality to allow the user to manually terminate a session initiated by that user.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a user cannot explicitly end a DBMS session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; this is referred...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000311

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    Group
  • The DBMS must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for the DBMS to make security-related access-con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000313

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    Group

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