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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

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    Group
  • MongoDB must provide non-privileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any DBMS or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000267-DB-000163

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    Group
  • MongoDB must reveal detailed error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, SA, and DBA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If MongoDB provides too much information in error logs and administrative messages to the screen, this could lead to compromi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000311-DB-000308

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    Group
  • MongoDB must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for MongoDB to make security-related access-cont...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328-DB-000301

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    Group
  • MongoDB must enforce discretionary access control policies, as defined by the data owner, over defined subjects and objects.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314

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    Group
  • MongoDB must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of MongoDB.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and corre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000357-DB-000316

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    Group
  • MongoDB must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with site audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure sufficient storage capacity for the audit logs, MongoDB must be able to allocate audit record storage capa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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    Group
  • MongoDB must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75% of maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Organizations are required to use a central log management system, so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000378-DB-000365

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    Group
  • MongoDB must prohibit user installation of logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, etc.) without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing regular users to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malici...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380-DB-000360

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    Group
  • MongoDB must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of MongoDB or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to configuration may have significant effects on the o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000389-DB-000372

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    Group
  • MongoDB must require users to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require reauthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication of an interactive user is the presentation of a Common Access Card (CAC) or other physica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000400-DB-000367

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    Group
  • MongoDB must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.&lt;/...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427-DB-000385

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    Group
  • MongoDB must only accept end entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only DoD-approved external PKIs have been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000428-DB-000386

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    Group
  • MongoDB must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DBMSs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclos...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000441-DB-000378

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    Group
  • MongoDB must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, including...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000442-DB-000379

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    Group
  • MongoDB must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, duri...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000447-DB-000393

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    Group
  • When invalid inputs are received, MongoDB must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A common vulnerability is unplanned behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or uni...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000178-DB-000083

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    Group
  • MongoDB must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Normally, with PKI authentication, the interaction wit...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

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    Group
  • MongoDB must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration and implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, DTMs, and IAVMs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring MongoDB to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000400

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    Group
  • MongoDB products must be a version supported by the vendor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsupported commercial and database systems should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs will not be implemented...
    Rule High Severity

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