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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000164-DB-000401

    Group
  • The DBMS must enforce password maximum lifetime restrictions.

    Password maximum lifetime is the maximum period of time, (typically in days) a user's password may be in effect before the user is forced to change it. Passwords need to be changed at specific pol...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000295-DB-000305

    Group
  • The DBMS must terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or 15 minutes of inactivity.

    Non-local maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network, either an external network (e.g., the Internet) or an internal network...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

    Group
  • The DBMS must implement required cryptographic protections using cryptographic modules complying with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance.

    Use of cryptography to provide confidentiality and non-repudiation is not effective unless strong methods are employed. Many earlier encryption methods and modules have been broken and/or overtaken...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    Group
  • Database data files containing sensitive information must be encrypted.

    Cryptography is only as strong as the encryption modules/algorithms employed to encrypt the data. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to p...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

    Group
  • The DBMS must automatically terminate emergency accounts after an organization-defined time period for each type of account.

    Emergency application accounts are typically created due to an unforeseen operational event or could ostensibly be used in the event of a vendor support visit where a support representative require...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000001-DB-000031

    Group
  • The DBMS must protect against or limit the effects of organization-defined types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

    A variety of technologies exist to limit, or in some cases, eliminate the effects of DoS attacks. For example, boundary protection devices can filter certain types of packets to protect devices on ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000179

    Group
  • The system must verify there have not been unauthorized changes to the DBMS software and information.

    Organizations are required to employ integrity verification applications on information systems to look for evidence of information tampering, errors, and omissions. The organization is also requir...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000198

    Group
  • Use of the DBMS software installation account must be restricted.

    This requirement is intended to limit exposure due to operating from within a privileged account or role. The inclusion of role is intended to address those situations where an access control polic...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000179

    Group
  • The OS must limit privileges to change the DBMS software resident within software libraries (including privileged programs).

    When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted, any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information system and/or application can potentially have sign...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

    Group
  • Oracle Database must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this must be continuous and in near-real-time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility, and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.

    Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. T...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000400

    Group
  • Oracle database products must be a version supported by the vendor.

    Unsupported commercial and database systems should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs will not be implemented by the vendor. The lack of support can result in potential vulnerabilit...
    Rule High Severity

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