MarkLogic Server software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information system and/or application could have significant effects on the overall security of the system. If the system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robust change management process. Accordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals must be allowed access to information system components for purposes of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications. DBA and other privileged administrative or application owner accounts are granted privileges that allow actions that can have a great impact on database security and operation. It is especially important to grant privileged access to only those persons who are qualified and authorized to use them.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-220356r879586_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Review procedures for controlling, granting access to, and tracking the use of the MarkLogic software installation account.
Ensure use of this account is restricted to the minimum number of personnel required and no unauthorized access to the account has been granted.
MarkLogic should be installed by a user account that has "sudo" privileges to run "yum" or "rpm". At a command prompt, on the system where MarkLogic is installed, run one of the following commands:
> sudo yum install /path/to/MarkLogic-version.rpm