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MarkLogic Server v9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000164-DB-000401

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  • If MarkLogic Server authentication using passwords is employed, MarkLogic Server must enforce the DOD standards for password complexity and lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;OS/enterprise authentication and identification must be used (SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001). Native DBMS authentication may be us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172-DB-000075

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    Group
  • If passwords are used for authentication, the MarkLogic Server 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...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175-DB-000067

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server, 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000176-DB-000068

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server 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...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must use NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations and protect classified information in accordance with the requirements of the data owner.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or not validated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption and digital signatures to p...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000180-DB-000115

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000224-DB-000384

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server 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, attacks involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers ba...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000231-DB-000154

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server 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...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000374

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    Group
  • Access to MarkLogic Server files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Per...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server 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-000313-DB-000309

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in process.

    &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-000314-DB-000310

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in transmission.

    &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-000340-DB-000304

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or proce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000342-DB-000302

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    Group
  • Execution of software modules (to include stored procedures, functions, and triggers) with elevated privileges must be restricted to necessary cases only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In certain situations, to provide required functionality, a DBMS needs to execute internal logic (stored procedures, function...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000357-DB-000316

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure sufficient storage capacity for the audit logs, the DBMS must be able to allocate audit record storage capacity. Al...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Organizations are required to use a central log management system, so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit failures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to configuration, it would be difficult to identify a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383-DB-000364

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must disable network functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed by the organization to be nonsecure, in accordance with Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) guidance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of nonsecure network functions, ports, protocols, and services exposes the system to avoidable threats.&lt;/VulnDiscussio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000400-DB-000367

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.&lt;/...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427-DB-000385

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must only accept end-entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only DoD-approved external PKIs have been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000428-DB-000386

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMSs handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosur...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000429-DB-000387

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    Group
  • SRG-APP-000504-DB-000355

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    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must implement cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of organization-defined information at rest on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMSs handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosur...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000390

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    Group

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