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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000179

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  • The web server must use cryptographic modules that meet the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for such authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000206

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  • A web server utilizing mobile code must meet DoD-defined mobile code requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Mobile code in hosted applications allows the developer to add functionality and displays to hosted applications that are flu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211

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  • Web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211

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  • Anonymous user access to the web server application directories must be prohibited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to properly monitor the changes to the web server and the hosted applications, logging must be enabled. Along with l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211

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  • The web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted web server management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The separation of user functionality from web server management can be accomplished by moving management functions to a separ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000220

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  • The web server must invalidate session identifiers upon hosted application user logout or other session termination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries from capturing and co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000223

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  • Cookies exchanged between the web server and client, such as session cookies, must have security settings that disallow cookie access outside the originating web server and hosted application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Cookies are used to exchange data between the web server and the client. Cookies, such as a session cookie, may contain sessi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000223

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  • The web server must accept only system-generated session identifiers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. In order...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000224

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  • The web server must generate a unique session identifier for each session using a FIPS 140-2 approved random number generator.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. In order...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000224

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  • The web server must generate unique session identifiers that cannot be reliably reproduced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. In order...
    Rule Medium Severity

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