Redis Enterprise DBMS must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. For more information on configuring time out periods on Redis Enterprise refer to: https://docs.redislabs.com/latest/rs/administering/access-control/</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-251224r879773_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure Redis Enterprise settings to meet organizationally defined requirements. To configure the time out period, refer to Redis Enterprise Documentation:
To set time out period for authentication, log in to the RHEL server that the Redis Enterprise database is hosted on as an admin user. Escalate to root privileges.
1. Type: rladmin
2. Once rladmin is started, type: cluster config cm_session_timeout_minutes <value_to_enter>