II - Mission Support Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-NET-000166-ALG-000101
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The BIG-IP Core implementation providing PKI-based, user authentication intermediary services must be configured to map the authenticated identity to the user account for PKI-based authentication to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Authorization for access to any network element requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure on...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000169-ALG-000102
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users) when connecting to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Lack of authentication enables anyone to gain access to the network or possibly a network element that provides opportunity f...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000213-ALG-000107
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must terminate all communications sessions at the end of the session or as follows: for in-band management sessions (privileged sessions), the session must be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity, and for user sessions (nonprivileged sessions), the session must be terminated after 15 minutes of inactivity.
<VulnDiscussion>Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take c...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect the authenticity of communications sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>Authenticity protection provides protection against man-in-the-middle attacks/session hijacking and the insertion of false in...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000313-ALG-000010
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation providing intermediary services for remote access communications traffic must control remote access methods to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Remote access devices, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automated...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000014
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000151
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.
<VulnDiscussion>Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000152
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent SQL injection attacks from being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.
<VulnDiscussion>Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000015
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to detect code injection attacks being launched against data storage objects.
<VulnDiscussion>Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000020
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to detect SQL injection attacks being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.
<VulnDiscussion>Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000319-ALG-000153
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to detect code injection attacks being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000337-ALG-000096
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The BIG-IP Core implementation must require users to reauthenticate when the user's role, the information authorizations, and/or the maximum session timeout is exceeded for the virtual server(s).
<VulnDiscussion>Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which authorization has been removed. In addition ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000339-ALG-000090
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must be configured to require multifactor authentication for remote access to non-privileged accounts in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
<VulnDiscussion>For remote access to non-privileged accounts, the purpose of requiring a device that is separate from the information system ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000340-ALG-000091
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must be configured to require multifactor authentication for remote access with privileged accounts to virtual servers in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
<VulnDiscussion>For remote access to privileged accounts, the purpose of requiring a device that is separate from the information system gain...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000345-ALG-000099
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to deny-by-default all PKI-based authentication to virtual servers supporting path discovery and validation if unable to access revocation information via the network.
<VulnDiscussion>When revocation data is unavailable from the network, the system should be configured to deny-by-default to mitigate the risk...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000349-ALG-000106
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be able to conform to FICAM-issued profiles when providing authentication to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Without conforming to Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM)-issued profiles, the information system may...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000355-ALG-000117
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance providing user authentication intermediary services must only accept end entity certificates issued by DOD PKI or DOD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of protected sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>Non-DOD approved PKIs have not been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedures in p...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000112
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing rate-based attack prevention behavior analysis when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000120
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to implement load balancing to limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Load balancin...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000126
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion> If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installati...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-ALG-000155
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing pattern recognition pre-processors when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
<VulnDiscussion>If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000364-ALG-000122
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to only allow incoming communications from authorized sources routed to authorized destinations.
<VulnDiscussion>Unrestricted traffic may contain malicious traffic that poses a threat to an enclave or to other connected networks. Addition...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000380-ALG-000128
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to handle invalid inputs in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.
<VulnDiscussion>A common vulnerability of network elements is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guard...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000390-ALG-000139
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries for unusual or unauthorized activities or conditions.
<VulnDiscussion>If inbound communications traffic is not continuously monitored, hostile activity may not be detected and prevented. Output f...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000401-ALG-000127
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.
<VulnDiscussion>Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into an application's data entry fields and the application ...Rule Medium Severity
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