ISEC7 Sphere Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The ISEC7 SPHERE must use a FIPS-validated cryptographic module to provision digital signatures.
<VulnDiscussion>Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000635
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The ISEC7 SPHERE must use a FIPS 140-2-validated cryptographic module to implement encryption services for unclassified information requiring confidentiality, generate cryptographic hashes, and to configure web management tools with FIPS-validated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher block algorithm to protect the confidentiality of maintenance and diagnostic communications for nonlocal maintenance sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>FIPS 140-2 precludes the use of invalidated cryptography for the cryptographic protection of sensitive or valuable data withi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000171
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache Tomcat Manager Web app password must be cryptographically hashed with a DOD-approved algorithm.
<VulnDiscussion>The Apache Tomcat Manager Web app password is stored in plain text in CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml and should be encry...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000383
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All Web applications included with Apache Tomcat that are not required must be removed.
<VulnDiscussion>Removal of unneeded or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of de...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000383
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
LockOutRealm must not be removed from Apache Tomcat.
<VulnDiscussion>LockOutRealm prevents brute force attacks against user passwords. Removal of unneeded or nonsecure functions, ports, protocol...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000065
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The LockOutRealm must be configured with a login failure count of 3.
<VulnDiscussion>LockOutRealm prevents brute force attacks against user passwords. Removal of unneeded or nonsecure functions, ports, protocol...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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The Manager Web app password must be configured as follows: -15 or more characters. -at least one lower case letter. -at least one upper case letter. -at least one number. -at least one special character.
<VulnDiscussion>The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...Rule Medium Severity -
The ISEC7 SPHERE must configure Enable HTTPS to use HTTP over SSL in Apache Tomcat.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised since unprotected communi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000383
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Stack tracing must be disabled in Apache Tomcat.
<VulnDiscussion>The default error page shows a full stack trace, which is a disclosure of sensitive information. Removal of unneeded or nonse...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000380
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache Tomcat shutdown port must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat uses a port (defaults to 8005) as a shutdown port. Someone could Telnet to the machine using this port and send the de...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000380
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The ISEC7 SPHERE must remove any unnecessary users or groups that have permissions to the server.xml file in Apache Tomcat.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat uses a port (defaults to 8005) as a shutdown port. Someone could Telnet to the machine using this port and send the de...Rule Medium Severity
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