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Oracle Database 12c Security Technical Implementation Guide

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  • Access to default accounts used to support replication must be restricted to authorized DBAs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Replication database accounts are used for database connections between databases. Replication requires the configuration of ...
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  • Oracle instance names must not contain Oracle version numbers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Service names may be discovered by unauthenticated users. If the service name includes version numbers or other database prod...
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  • Fixed user and public database links must be authorized for use.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database links define connections that may be used by the local database to access remote Oracle databases. These links provi...
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  • A minimum of two Oracle redo log groups/files must be defined and configured to be stored on separate, archived physical disks or archived directories on a RAID device.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Oracle redo log files store the detailed information on changes made to the database. This information is critical to dat...
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  • A minimum of two Oracle control files must be defined and configured to be stored on separate, archived disks (physical or virtual) or archived partitions on a RAID device.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Oracle control files are used to store information critical to Oracle database integrity. Oracle uses these files to maintain...
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  • The Oracle WITH GRANT OPTION privilege must not be granted to non-DBA or non-Application administrator user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An account permission to grant privileges within the database is an administrative function. Minimizing the number and privil...
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  • The Oracle REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT parameter must be set to FALSE.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting this value to TRUE allows operating system authentication over an unsecured connection. Trusting remote operating sys...
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  • The Oracle REMOTE_OS_ROLES parameter must be set to FALSE.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting REMOTE_OS_ROLES to TRUE allows operating system groups to control Oracle roles. The default value of FALSE causes rol...
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  • The Oracle SQL92_SECURITY parameter must be set to TRUE.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The configuration option SQL92_SECURITY specifies whether table-level SELECT privileges are required to execute an update or ...
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  • The Oracle password file ownership and permissions should be limited and the REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE parameter must be set to EXCLUSIVE or NONE.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critically important to the security of your system that you protect your password file and the environment variables t...
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  • System privileges granted using the WITH ADMIN OPTION must not be granted to unauthorized user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The WITH ADMIN OPTION allows the grantee to grant a privilege to another database account. Best security practice restricts t...
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  • System Privileges must not be granted to PUBLIC.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;System privileges can be granted to users and roles and to the user group PUBLIC. All privileges granted to PUBLIC are access...
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  • Oracle roles granted using the WITH ADMIN OPTION must not be granted to unauthorized accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The WITH ADMIN OPTION allows the grantee to grant a role to another database account. Best security practice restricts the pr...
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  • Object permissions granted to PUBLIC must be restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Permissions on objects may be granted to the user group PUBLIC. Because every database user is a member of the PUBLIC group, ...
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  • The Oracle Listener must be configured to require administration authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Oracle listener authentication helps prevent unauthorized administration of the Oracle listener. Unauthorized administration ...
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  • Application role permissions must not be assigned to the Oracle PUBLIC role.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Permissions granted to PUBLIC are granted to all users of the database. Custom roles must be used to assign application permi...
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  • Oracle application administration roles must be disabled if not required and authorized.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application administration roles, which are assigned system or elevated application object privileges, must be protected from...
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  • Connections by mid-tier web and application systems to the Oracle DBMS from a DMZ or external network must be encrypted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Multi-tier systems may be configured with the database and connecting middle-tier system located on an internal network, with...
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  • Database job/batch queues must be reviewed regularly to detect unauthorized database job submissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized users may bypass security mechanisms by submitting jobs to job queues managed by the database to be run under a ...
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  • Unauthorized database links must not be defined and active.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMS links provide a communication and data transfer path definition between two databases that may be used by malicious user...
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  • Sensitive information from production database exports must be modified before import to a development database.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data export from production databases may include sensitive data. Application developers do not have a need to know to sensit...
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  • Only authorized system accounts must have the SYSTEM tablespace specified as the default tablespace.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Oracle SYSTEM tablespace is used by the database to store all DBMS system objects. Other use of the system tablespace may...
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  • Application owner accounts must have a dedicated application tablespace.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Separation of tablespaces by application helps to protect the application from resource contention and unauthorized access th...
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  • The directories assigned to the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST* parameters must be protected from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST parameter is used to specify the directory to which Oracle archive logs are written. Where the DBMS avai...
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  • The Oracle _TRACE_FILES_PUBLIC parameter if present must be set to FALSE.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The _TRACE_FILES_PUBLIC parameter is used to make trace files used for debugging database applications and events available t...
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