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V-255888

CAT II (Medium)

The WebSphere Application Server must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.

Rule ID

SV-255888r961632_rule

STIG

IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R1

CCIs

CCI-002418

Discussion

Export grade encryption suites are not strong and do not meet DoD requirements. The encryption for the session becomes easy for the attacker to break. Do not use export grade encryption. Information on disabling export ciphers can be found in Knowledge Center at this link: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS7K4U_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.ihs.doc/ihs/rihs_ciphspec.html

Check Content

From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> SSL configurations >> [Name] >> for each SSL Configuration

Select "Quality of protection (QoP) settings".

Under "Cipher suite" settings, if any of the ciphers contained in the "Selected ciphers" box" contain "EXPORT" in their name, this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> SSL configurations >> [Name] >> for each SSL configuration

Select "Quality of protection (QoP) settings" under "Cipher suite" settings.

Identify any ciphers that include "EXPORT" in their name.

Remove the cipher by selecting the cipher.

Click "Remove" button.

Click "OK".

Recycle the DMGR and sync the JVMs.