MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized changes to the security subsystem could go undetected. The database could be severely compromised or rendered inoperative. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-220399r961803_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure MarkLogic to produce audit records when it denies attempts to modify security objects, or other errors prevent attempts to modify security objects
Perform the fix from the MarkLogic Server Admin Interface with a user that holds administrative-level privileges.
1. Click the Groups icon.
2. Click the group in which the configuration to check resides (e.g., Default).