The WebSphere Application Server personal certificates in all keystores must be issued by an approved DoD CA.
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 SSL/TLS certificates. The application server must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-96089r1_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Utilize DoD certificates that have been issued by an approved DoD PKI CA.
To replace a non-DoD PKI-established certificate:
From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL Certificates and Key Management >> KeyStores and Certificates.
For each keystores that requires the change: