The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-79017	BEMS-00-011500	SV-93723r1_rule		Medium

Description
During the initial setup of a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection to the application server, the client sends a list of supported cipher suites in order of preference. The application server will reply with the cipher suite it will use for communication from the client list. If an attacker can intercept the submission of cipher suites to the application server and place, as the preferred cipher suite, a weak export suite, the encryption used for the session becomes easy for the attacker to break, often within minutes to hours.

Description

During the initial setup of a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection to the application server, the client sends a list of supported cipher suites in order of preference. The application server will reply with the cipher suite it will use for communication from the client list. If an attacker can intercept the submission of cipher suites to the application server and place, as the preferred cipher suite, a weak export suite, the encryption used for the session becomes easy for the attacker to break, often within minutes to hours.

STIG	Date
BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server 2.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-12-11

Details

Check Text ( C-78605r1_chk )
Verify BEMS has been configured to remove all export ciphers: 1. Find the xml file "jetty.xml" located in the BEMS install directory on the BEMS host Windows server. 2. Find the "ExcludeCiphersSuites" field. 3. Verify if any export ciphers are listed in the "jetty.xml" file. If BEMS has been configured to use export ciphers, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85767r1_fix)
Configure BEMS to remove all export ciphers. 1. Find the xml file "jetty.xml" located in the BEMS install directory on the BEMS host Windows server. 2. Find the "ExcludeCiphersSuites" field and remove all export ciphers. 3. Save file. 4. Restart the BEMS server.