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Oracle MySQL 8.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the MySQL Database Server 8.0 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-000357-DB-000316

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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 Database Management System (DBMS) must be able to allocate audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this must be continuous and in near real time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit log 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-000400-DB-000367

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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-000389-DB-000372

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    Group
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000313-DB-000309

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    Group
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must require users to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require reauthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication of an interactive user is the presentation of a Common Access Card (CAC) or other physica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328-DB-000301

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must enforce discretionary access control policies, as defined by the data owner, over defined subjects and objects.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000342-DB-000302

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  • 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 Database Management System (DBMS) needs to execute internal logic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000340-DB-000304

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    Group
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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-000311-DB-000308

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    Group
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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 Database Management System (DBMS) to mak...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000314-DB-000310

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    Group
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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-000295-DB-000305

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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 assoc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000441-DB-000378

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    Group
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, including...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000416-DB-000380

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    Group
  • MySQL database products must be a version supported by the vendor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsupported commercial and database systems should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs will not be implemented...
    Rule High Severity
  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must use NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with the data owner's requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000514-DB-000381

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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
  • SRG-APP-000514-DB-000382

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to generate and validate cryptographic hashes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000514-DB-000383

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection, in accordance with the data owner's requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427-DB-000385

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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 they have security controls and identity vetting procedures in ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000428-DB-000386

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 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;Database Management Systems (DBMSs) handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms t...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000429-DB-000387

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  • The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must implement cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of organization-defined information at rest on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database Management Systems (DBMSs) handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000390

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  • Security-relevant software updates to the MySQL Database Server 8.0 must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Security flaws with software applications, including database management systems, are discovered daily. Vendors are constantl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000447-DB-000393

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  • When invalid inputs are received, the MySQL Database Server 8.0 must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A common vulnerability is unplanned behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or uni...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000400

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