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Database Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000172

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  • If passwords are used for authentication, the DBMS must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be us...
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  • SRG-APP-000175

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  • The DBMS, when utilizing PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by performing RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. A certificate’s certification path is the path from th...
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  • SRG-APP-000176

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  • The DBMS must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attack involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers bas...
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  • SRG-APP-000225

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  • The DBMS must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/utilized by the DBMS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by re...
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  • SRG-APP-000177

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  • The DBMS must map the PKI-authenticated identity to an associated user account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Once a PKI certificate has been validated, it must be m...
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  • SRG-APP-000178

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  • The DBMS must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Normally, with PKI authentication, the interaction wit...
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  • SRG-APP-000179

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  • The DBMS must use NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or not validated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption and digital signatures ...
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  • SRG-APP-000180

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  • Database contents must be protected from unauthorized and unintended information transfer by enforcement of a data-transfer policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. D...
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  • SRG-APP-000243

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  • The DBMS must uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Non-organizational users include all information system users other than organizational users, which include organizational e...
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  • SRG-APP-000211

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  • The DBMS must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, worksta...
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  • SRG-APP-000220

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  • The DBMS must invalidate session identifiers upon user logout or other session termination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries to capture and contin...
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  • SRG-APP-000223

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  • The DBMS must recognize only system-generated session identifiers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMSs utilize sessions and session identifiers to control application behavior and user access. If an attacker can guess the ...
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  • SRG-APP-000224

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  • SRG-APP-000295

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  • The DBMS must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. ...
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  • SRG-APP-000226

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  • In the event of a system failure, the DBMS must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. F...
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  • SRG-APP-000231

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  • The DBMS must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in non-mobile devices and covers...
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  • SRG-APP-000233

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  • The DBMS must isolate security functions from non-security functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...
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  • SRG-APP-000243

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  • SRG-APP-000400

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  • The DBMS must check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into an application's data entry fields and the application ...
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  • SRG-APP-000251

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  • The DBMS and associated applications must reserve the use of dynamic code execution for situations that require it.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With respect to database management systems, one class of threat is known as SQL Injection, or more generally, code injection...
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  • SRG-APP-000251

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  • The DBMS and associated applications, when making use of dynamic code execution, must scan input data for invalid values that may indicate a code injection attack.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With respect to database management systems, one class of threat is known as SQL Injection, or more generally, code injection...
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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000267

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  • 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...
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  • 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 ...
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  • SRG-APP-000296

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000311

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000313

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