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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000131

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    Group
  • The application must have the capability to prevent the installation of patches, service packs, or application components without verification the software component has been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the application. Verifying softwar...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133

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    Group
  • The applications must limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the application were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented with...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

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    Group
  • An application vulnerability assessment must be conducted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An application vulnerability assessment is a test conducted in order to identify weaknesses and security vulnerabilities that...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000384

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    Group
  • The application must prevent program execution in accordance with organization-defined policies regarding software program usage and restrictions, and/or rules authorizing the terms and conditions of software program usage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of application execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized applications in order to follow the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The application must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception (whitelist) policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Utilizing a whitelist provides a configuration management method for allowing the execution of only authorized software. Usin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for applications to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objecti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must be configured to use only functions, ports, and protocols permitted to it in the PPSM CAL.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000389

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When applica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000390

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must require devices to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations requiring reauthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced; thereby facilitating malicious activity....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000149

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    Group
  • The application must use multifactor (Alt. Token) authentication for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication and access. Factors include: (i) som...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000391

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    Group
  • The application must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000392

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    Group
  • The application must electronically verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000150

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must use multifactor (e.g., CAC, Alt. Token) authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, non-privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000151

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must use multifactor (Alt. Token) authentication for local access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Multifactor authentication (MFA) requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication and access. Factors include: (...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000152

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must use multifactor (e.g., CAC, Alt. Token) authentication for local access to nonprivileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability, prevent unauthenticated access, and prevent misuse of the system, privileged users must utilize mul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000153

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    Group
  • The application must ensure users are authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure individual accountability and prevent unauthorized access, application users must be individually identified and au...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the application. Authentication sessions between the authen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000157

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to nonprivileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A replay attack is a man-in-the-middle style attack which allows an attacker to repeat or alter a valid data transmission tha...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000158

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    Group
  • The application must utilize mutual authentication when endpoint device non-repudiation protections are required by DoD policy or by the data owner.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Wit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000394

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    Group
  • The application must authenticate all network connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000395

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Service-Oriented Applications handling non-releasable data must authenticate endpoint devices via mutual SSL/TLS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. One...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000163

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must disable device identifiers after 35 days of inactivity unless a cryptographic certificate is used for authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Device identifiers are used to identify hardware devices that interact with the application much like a user account is used ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of passwords for application authentication is intended only for limited situations and should not be used as a replaceme...
    Rule Medium Severity

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