MariaDB must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. Each connection to the MariaDB database requires the authentication of the user. The authentication remains in place for the connection until the connection is closed or the connection times out due to inactivity.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-253736r879773_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Verify that the idle_transaction_wait is set to a value greater than 0 or is set to the value needed by the administrator. The value of idle_transaction_wait can be validated by issuing SHOW VARIABLES. Example:
Locate the MariaDB Enterprise Server configuration files in /etc/my.cnf.d/. Add the following:
Under the [mariadb] section: