II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Access to default accounts used to support replication must be restricted to authorized DBAs.
<VulnDiscussion>Replication database accounts are used for database connections between databases. Replication requires the configuration of ...Rule Medium Severity -
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Oracle instance names must not contain Oracle version numbers.
<VulnDiscussion>Service names may be discovered by unauthenticated users. If the service name includes version numbers or other database prod...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Fixed user and public database links must be authorized for use.
<VulnDiscussion>Database links define connections that may be used by the local database to access remote Oracle databases. These links provi...Rule Medium Severity -
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A minimum of two Oracle control files must be defined and configured to be stored on separate, archived disks (physical or virtual) or archived partitions on a RAID device.
<VulnDiscussion>Oracle control files are used to store information critical to Oracle database integrity. Oracle uses these files to maintain...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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A minimum of two Oracle redo log groups/files must be defined and configured to be stored on separate, archived physical disks or archived directories on a RAID device.
<VulnDiscussion>The Oracle redo log files store the detailed information on changes made to the database. This information is critical to dat...Rule Medium Severity -
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The Oracle WITH GRANT OPTION privilege must not be granted to non-DBA or non-Application administrator user accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>An account permission to grant privileges within the database is an administrative function. Minimizing the number and privil...Rule Medium Severity -
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Execute permission must be revoked from PUBLIC for restricted Oracle packages.
<VulnDiscussion>Access to the following packages should be restricted to authorized accounts only. UTL_FILE: allows Oracle accounts to read ...Rule Medium Severity -
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The Oracle REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT parameter must be set to FALSE.
<VulnDiscussion>Setting this value to TRUE allows operating system authentication over an unsecured connection. Trusting remote operating sys...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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The Oracle REMOTE_OS_ROLES parameter must be set to FALSE.
<VulnDiscussion>Setting REMOTE_OS_ROLES to TRUE allows operating system groups to control Oracle roles. The default value of FALSE causes rol...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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The Oracle SQL92_SECURITY parameter must be set to TRUE.
<VulnDiscussion>The configuration option SQL92_SECURITY specifies whether table-level SELECT privileges are required to execute an update or ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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The Oracle password file ownership and permissions should be limited and the REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE parameter must be set to EXCLUSIVE or NONE.
<VulnDiscussion>It is critically important to the security of your system that you protect your password file and the environment variables t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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System privileges granted using the WITH ADMIN OPTION must not be granted to unauthorized user accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>The WITH ADMIN OPTION allows the grantee to grant a privilege to another database account. Best security practice restricts t...Rule Medium Severity -
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System Privileges must not be granted to PUBLIC.
<VulnDiscussion>System privileges can be granted to users and roles and to the user group PUBLIC. All privileges granted to PUBLIC are access...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Oracle roles granted using the WITH ADMIN OPTION must not be granted to unauthorized accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>The WITH ADMIN OPTION allows the grantee to grant a role to another database account. Best security practice restricts the pr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Object permissions granted to PUBLIC must be restricted.
<VulnDiscussion>Permissions on objects may be granted to the user group PUBLIC. Because every database user is a member of the PUBLIC group, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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The Oracle Listener must be configured to require administration authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>Oracle listener authentication helps prevent unauthorized administration of the Oracle listener. Unauthorized administration ...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Application role permissions must not be assigned to the Oracle PUBLIC role.
<VulnDiscussion>Application roles have been granted to PUBLIC. Permissions granted to PUBLIC are granted to all users of the database. Custom...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Oracle application administration roles must be disabled if not required and authorized.
<VulnDiscussion>Application administration roles, which are assigned system or elevated application object privileges, should be protected fr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Connections by mid-tier web and application systems to the Oracle DBMS from a DMZ or external network must be encrypted.
<VulnDiscussion>Multi-tier systems may be configured with the database and connecting middle-tier system located on an internal network, with...Rule Medium Severity -
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Database job/batch queues must be reviewed regularly to detect unauthorized database job submissions.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized users may bypass security mechanisms by submitting jobs to job queues managed by the database to be run under a ...Rule Medium Severity -
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Unauthorized database links must not be defined and active.
<VulnDiscussion>DBMS links provide a communication and data transfer path definition between two databases that may be used by malicious user...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Sensitive information from production database exports must be modified before being imported into a development database.
<VulnDiscussion>Data export from production databases may include sensitive data. Application developers do not have a need to know to sensit...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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Only authorized system accounts must have the SYSTEM tablespace specified as the default tablespace.
<VulnDiscussion>The Oracle SYSTEM tablespace is used by the database to store all DBMS system objects. Other use of the system tablespace may...Rule Medium Severity -
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Application owner accounts must have a dedicated application tablespace.
<VulnDiscussion>Separation of tablespaces by application helps to protect the application from resource contention and unauthorized access th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
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The directories assigned to the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST* parameters must be protected from unauthorized access.
<VulnDiscussion>The LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST parameter is used to specify the directory to which Oracle archive logs are written. Where the DBMS avai...Rule Medium Severity
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