DocAve must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. The DoD will only accept PKI certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of TLS certificates. This requirement focuses on communications protection for the application session rather than for the network packet. This requirement applies to applications that utilize communications sessions. This includes, but is not limited to, web-based applications and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-253518r836529_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure DocAve to ensure that it uses PKI certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. There are three different settings in DocAve that are related to certificates:
- The DocAve web server for the web UI;
- The DocAve Manager communication certificate for communicate with DocAve Agents;
- The DocAve Agent communication certificate for communicate with DocAve Manager.
Configure the DocAve Web Site certificate setting.