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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-NET-000233-ALG-000115

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enable the secure cookie flag.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To guard against cookie hijacking, only the BIG-IP APM controller and client must be able to view the full session ID. Sessio...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000233-ALG-000115

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to disable the persistent cookie flag.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For BIG-IP APM deployments with connectivity resources (such as Network Access, Portal Access, etc.), BIG-IP APM cookies cann...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000164-ALG-000100

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must configure certificate path validation to ensure revoked user credentials are prohibited from establishing an allowed session.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A certificate's certification path is the path from the end entity certificate to a trusted root certification authority (CA)...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must not use the On-demand Cert Auth VPE agent as part of the APM Policy Profiles.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By requiring mutual authentication before any communication, it becomes significantly challenging for attackers to impersonat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to restrict a consistent inbound IP for the entire management session.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This security measure helps limit the effects of denial-of-service attacks by employing antisession hijacking security safegu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to limit authenticated client sessions to initial session source IP.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "Restrict to Single Client IP” is a safeguard against session hijacking or cookie theft. Even if an attacker manages to s...
    Rule Low Severity
  • F5BI-AP-300158

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to set a Maximum Session Timeout value of eight hours or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Maximum Session Timeout setting configures a limit on the maximum amount of time a user's session is active without needi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000510-ALG-000111

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use cryptographic algorithms approved by NSA to protect NSS for remote access to a classified network.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The VPN gatewa...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512-ALG-000062

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  • The F5 BIG-IP must be configured to identify and authenticate all endpoint devices or peers before establishing a connection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without identifying and authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512-ALG-000062

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance providing remote access intermediary services must disable split-tunneling for remote clients' VPNs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Split tunneling would in effect allow unauthorized external connections, making the system more vulnerable to attack and to e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512-ALG-000062

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance providing remote access intermediary services must be configured to route sessions to an IDPS for inspection.

    &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-000512-ALG-000062

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  • The VPN Gateway must use Always On VPN connections for remote computing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing remote users to manually toggle a VPN connection can create critical security risks. With Always On VPN, if a secure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000053-ALG-000001

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to set the "Max In Progress Sessions per Client IP" value to 10 or an organizational-defined number.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "Max In Progress Sessions Per Client IP" setting in an APM Access Profile is a security configuration that limits the num...
    Rule Low Severity

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