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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000380-DB-000360

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the instance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to configuration may have significant effects on the o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380-DB-000360

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the SQL Server instance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to configuration may have significant effects on the o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of SQL Server or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to configuration, it would be difficult to identify a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383-DB-000364

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must disable network functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed by the organization to be nonsecure, in accord with the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) guidance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of nonsecure network functions, ports, protocols, and services exposes the system to avoidable threats.&lt;/VulnDiscussio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000431-DB-000388

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must maintain a separate execution domain for each executing process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management systems can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000431-DB-000388

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server services must be configured to run under unique dedicated user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management systems can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000454-DB-000389

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • When updates are applied to SQL Server software, any software components that have been replaced or made unnecessary must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Previous versions of DBMS components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000390

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Security-relevant software updates to SQL Server must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g. IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Security flaws with software applications, including database management systems, are discovered daily. Vendors are constantl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000492-DB-000332

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must be able to generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retrie...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000494-DB-000345

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to access categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go un...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000327

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to add privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000329

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000496-DB-000335

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000498-DB-000347

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to modify categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000499-DB-000331

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000501-DB-000337

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The removal of security objects from the database/DBMS would seriously degrade a system's information assurance posture. If s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000349

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful attempts to delete categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go un...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who/what (a user or other principal) logs on to SQL Server. I...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-DB-000354

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records for all privileged activities or other system-level access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-DB-000355

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to execute privileged activities or other system-level access occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to know how long a user's (or other principal's) connection to SQL Ser...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who logs on to SQL Server. Concurrent connections by the s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000507-DB-000357

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records when successful and unsuccessful accesses to objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000508-DB-000358

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must generate audit records for all direct access to the database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In this context, direct access is any query, command, or call to SQL Server that comes from any source other than the applica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000514-DB-000381

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to provision digital signatures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
    Rule High Severity

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