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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-NET-000061-ALG-000009

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used to provide intermediary services for remote access communications traffic (TLS or SSL decryption), must ensure inbound and outbound traffic is monitored for compliance with remote access security policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automated monitoring of remote access traffic allows organizations to detect cyber attacks and also ensure ongoing compliance...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000062-ALG-000011

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must use encryption services that implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000062-ALG-000092

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform that stores secret or private keys must use FIPS-approved key management technology and processes in the production and control of private/secret cryptographic keys.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Private key data is used to prove that the entity presenting a public key certificate is the certificate's rightful owner. Co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000063-ALG-000012

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect the integrity of remote access sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Cryptograph...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000077-ALG-000046

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must log violations of security policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000131-ALG-000085

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must only enable User-ID on trusted zones.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User-ID can use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) probing as a method of mapping users to IP addresses. If this is use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000131-ALG-000085

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must disable WMI probing if it is not used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User-ID can use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) probing as a method of mapping users to IP addresses. If this is use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000131-ALG-000086

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must not enable the DNS proxy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Palo Alto Networks security platform can act as a DNS proxy and send the DNS queries on behalf of the clients. DNS querie...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000132-ALG-000087

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000164-ALG-000100

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform that provides intermediary services for TLS must validate certificates used for TLS functions by performing RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A certificate's certification path is the path from the end entity certificate to a trusted root certification authority (CA)...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000192-ALG-000121

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must protect against the use of internal systems for launching Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against external networks or endpoints.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS attacks from DOD sources risk the reputation of the organization. Thus, it is important to protecting against the DOD sys...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000192-ALG-000121

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must block phone home traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A variety of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and other attacks use "botnets" as an attack vector. A botnet is a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000192-ALG-000121

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must deny outbound IP packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A compromised host in an enclave can be used by a malicious actor as a platform to launch cyber attacks on third parties. Thi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000202-ALG-000124

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A deny-all, permit-by-exception network communications traffic policy ensures that only those connections that are essential ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000213-ALG-000107

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must terminate communications sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Idle sessions can accumulate, leading to an exhaustion of memory in network elements processing traffic flows. Note that the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000246-ALG-000132

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must update malicious code protection mechanisms and signature definitions whenever new releases are available in accordance with organizational configuration management policy and procedures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to minimize any potential negative impact to the organization caused by malicious code, malicious code must be ident...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000249-ALG-000134

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must drop malicious code upon detection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious code is designed to compromise information systems; therefore, it must be prevented from being transferred to uninf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000249-ALG-000145

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must delete or quarantine malicious code in response to malicious code detection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Taking an appropriate action based on local organizational incident handling procedures minimizes the impact of this code on ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000249-ALG-000146

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must send an immediate (within seconds) alert to the system administrator, at a minimum, in response to malicious code detection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability; then the ability to perf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000251-ALG-000131

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must automatically update malicious code protection mechanisms.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000288-ALG-000109

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must deny or restrict detected prohibited mobile code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded an...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000289-ALG-000110

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform must prevent the download of prohibited mobile code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;MMobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000313-ALG-000010

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must control remote access methods (inspect and filter traffic).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access devices, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automated...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000314-ALG-000013

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  • The Palo Alto Networks security, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must provide the capability to immediately disconnect or disable remote access to the information system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to immediately disconnect or disable remote access, an attack or other compromise taking place would not ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000014

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  • To protect against data mining, the Palo Alto Networks security platform must detect and prevent SQL and other code injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity

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