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The Cisco ASA remote access VPN server must be configured to map the distinguished name (DN) from the client’s certificate to entries in the authentication server to determine authorization to access the network.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the individual user or group will not be available for forensic analysis. This requirement only applies to components where this is specific to the function of the device or has the concept of a user (e.g., VPN or ALG). This does not apply to authentication for the purpose of configuring the device itself (i.e., device management).</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-239969r929014_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the ASA to map the DN or UPN from the client’s certificate to entries in the authentication server to determine authorization as shown in the example.

ASA2(config)# tunnel-group ANY_CONNECT general-attributes
ASA2(config-tunnel-general)# authorization-required 
ASA2(config-tunnel-general)# authorization-server-group LDAP
ASA2(config-tunnel-general)# username-from-certificate username-from-certificate use-entire-name