I - Mission Critical Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000400
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must request data integrity verification on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.
<VulnDiscussion> If data origin authentication and data integrity verification is not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000401
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must perform data integrity verification on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.
<VulnDiscussion>If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000402
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must perform data origin verification authentication on the name/address resolution responses the system receives from authoritative sources.
<VulnDiscussion>If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000403
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that se...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000404
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of all information at rest on all VMM components.
<VulnDiscussion>VMMs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modifica...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000405
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of all information at rest on all VMM components.
<VulnDiscussion>VMMs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000408
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must maintain a separate execution domain for each executing process.
<VulnDiscussion>VMMs can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a separate address space. E...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000408
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must maintain a separate execution domain for each guest VM.
<VulnDiscussion>VMMs can maintain separate execution domains for each executing guest VM by assigning each guest VM a separate address space....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000420
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must protect against or limit the effects of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by ensuring the VMM is implementing rate-limiting measures on impacted network interfaces.
<VulnDiscussion>DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000423
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised as unprotected communicat...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000425
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.
<VulnDiscussion>Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for examp...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000426
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.
<VulnDiscussion>Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, duri...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000432
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.
<VulnDiscussion>A common vulnerability of VMM is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adv...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000433
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must implement non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
<VulnDiscussion>Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000433
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must implement address space layout randomization to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
<VulnDiscussion>Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000437
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the VMM after updates have been installed may be exploited...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000445
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must verify correct operation of all security functions.
<VulnDiscussion>Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000446
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must perform verification of the correct operation of security functions: upon system startup and/or restart; upon command by a user with privileged access; and/or every 30 days.
<VulnDiscussion>Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000447
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must shut down, restart, and/or notify the system administrator when anomalies in the operation of any security functions are discovered.
<VulnDiscussion>If anomalies are not acted upon, security functions may fail to secure the system. Security function is defined as the hard...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000458
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000460
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access security levels occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000461
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000462
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000463
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000464
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The VMM must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security levels occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity
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