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Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000078

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  • The VMM must protect audit information from unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ...
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  • SRG-OS-000058

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  • The VMM must protect audit information from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious sy...
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  • SRG-OS-000059

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  • The VMM must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious sy...
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  • SRG-OS-000062

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  • The VMM must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events for all VMM components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
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  • SRG-OS-000063

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  • The VMM must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
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  • SRG-OS-000064

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  • The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-OS-000066

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  • The VMM, for PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate n...
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  • SRG-OS-000067

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  • The VMM, for PKI-based authentication, must enforce authorized access to the corresponding private key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the n...
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  • SRG-OS-000068

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  • The VMM must map the authenticated identity to the user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the indivi...
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  • SRG-OS-000069

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  • The VMM must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000070

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  • The VMM must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000071

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  • The VMM must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...
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  • SRG-OS-000072

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  • The VMM must require the change of at least eight of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the VMM allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of password com...
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  • SRG-OS-000073

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  • The VMM must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
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  • SRG-OS-000074

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  • The VMM must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
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  • SRG-OS-000075

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  • The VMM must enforce 24 hours/one day as the minimum password lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
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  • SRG-OS-000076

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  • The VMM must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
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  • SRG-OS-000079

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  • The VMM must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords during the authentication process, the feedback fr...
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  • SRG-OS-000080

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  • The VMM must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
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  • SRG-OS-000095

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  • The VMM must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; It is detrimental for VMMs to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. T...
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  • SRG-OS-000096

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  • The VMM must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
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  • SRG-OS-000104

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  • SRG-OS-000278

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  • The VMM must uniquely identify and must authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
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  • SRG-OS-000105

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  • The VMM must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor ...
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  • SRG-OS-000106

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  • The VMM must use multifactor authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, non-privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to ...
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  • SRG-OS-000107

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