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V-65085

CAT II (Medium)

The DataPower Gateway must prevent the installation of patches, service packs, or application components without verification the software component has been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization.

Rule ID

SV-79575r1_rule

STIG

IBM DataPower Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001749

Discussion

Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the network device. Verifying software components have been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization ensures the software has not been tampered with and has been provided by a trusted vendor. Accordingly, patches, service packs, or application components must be signed with a certificate recognized and approved by the organization. Verifying the authenticity of the software prior to installation validates the integrity of the patch or upgrade received from a vendor. This ensures the software has not been tampered with and has been provided by a trusted vendor. Self-signed certificates are disallowed by this requirement. The device should not have to verify the software again. This requirement does not mandate DoD certificates for this purpose; however, the certificate used to verify the software must be from an approved CA.

Check Content

Login page >> Enter non-admin user ID and password, select Default for domain >> Click "Login". If non-admin user can log on, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Privileged account user log on to default domain >> Administration >> Access >> User Account >> Select non privileged user account >> Click “…” button next to User Group field >> Enter */default/*?Access=NONE into field >> Click "Add" >> Click "Apply" >> Click "Apply" >> Click "Save Configuration".