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Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000399

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    Group
  • The VMM must request data origin authentication verification on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If data origin authentication and data integrity verification is not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000400

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VMM must request data integrity verification on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; If data origin authentication and data integrity verification is not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000401

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VMM must perform data integrity verification on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000402

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VMM must perform data origin verification authentication on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000403

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    Group
  • The VMM must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000404

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    Group
  • The VMM must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of all information at rest on all VMM components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VMMs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modifica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000405

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    Group
  • The VMM must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of all information at rest on all VMM components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VMMs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000408

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VMM must maintain a separate execution domain for each executing process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VMMs can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a separate address space. E...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000408

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VMM must maintain a separate execution domain for each guest VM.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VMMs can maintain separate execution domains for each executing guest VM by assigning each guest VM a separate address space....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000420

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    Group
  • The VMM must protect against or limit the effects of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by ensuring the VMM is implementing rate-limiting measures on impacted network interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
    Rule Medium Severity

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