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MarkLogic Server v9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Security-relevant software updates to MarkLogic Server must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).

    <VulnDiscussion>Security flaws with software applications, including database management systems, are discovered daily. Vendors are constantl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000492-DB-000332

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must be able to generate audit records when security objects are accessed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retriev...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000492-DB-000333

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retriev...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000494-DB-000344

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are accessed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000494-DB-000345

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000326

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are added.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000327

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to add privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000328

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000329

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000496-DB-000334

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when security objects are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000496-DB-000335

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000498-DB-000346

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000498-DB-000347

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000499-DB-000330

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are deleted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000499-DB-000331

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000501-DB-000336

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server DBMS must generate audit records when security objects are deleted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The removal of security objects from the database/DBMS would seriously degrade a system's information assurance posture. If s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000501-DB-000337

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The removal of security objects from the database/DBMS would seriously degrade a system's information assurance posture. If s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000348

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are deleted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000349

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-DB-000350

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when successful logons or connections occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who/what (a user or other principal) logs on to the DBMS.&lt;...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track failed attempts to log on to the DBMS. While positive identif...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-DB-000354

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records for all privileged activities or other system-level access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to execute privileged activities or other system-level access occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who logs on to the DBMS. Concurrent connections by the same ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000507-DB-000356

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic must be able to generate audit records when successful accesses to objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000514-DB-000381

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MarkLogic Server must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to provision digital signatures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
    Rule Medium Severity

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