The CA API Gateway providing user authentication intermediary services must restrict user authentication traffic to specific authentication server(s).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-71353	CAGW-GW-000320	SV-85977r1_rule		Medium

Description
User authentication can be used as part of the policy filtering rule sets. Some URLs or network resources can be restricted to authenticated users only. Users are prompted by the application or browser for credentials. Authentication service may be provided by the ALG as an intermediary for the application; however, the authentication credential must be stored in the site's directory services server. The CA API Gateway must be configured to direct authentication traffic to specific authentication servers/URLs.

Description

User authentication can be used as part of the policy filtering rule sets. Some URLs or network resources can be restricted to authenticated users only. Users are prompted by the application or browser for credentials. Authentication service may be provided by the ALG as an intermediary for the application; however, the authentication credential must be stored in the site's directory services server. The CA API Gateway must be configured to direct authentication traffic to specific authentication servers/URLs.

STIG	Date
CA API Gateway ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-04-07

Details

Check Text ( C-71753r1_chk )
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager. Select the "Identity Providers" tab, right-click a Registered Identity Provider, such as an LDAP Identity Provider, and select "Properties". Verify that a list of "LDAP Host URLs" is provided for use in authentication against this provider. If all of the servers needed for authentication are not listed in accordance with organizational requirements, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-71753r1_chk )

Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager.

Select the "Identity Providers" tab, right-click a Registered Identity Provider, such as an LDAP Identity Provider, and select "Properties".

Verify that a list of "LDAP Host URLs" is provided for use in authentication against this provider.

If all of the servers needed for authentication are not listed in accordance with organizational requirements, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-77663r1_fix)
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager. Select the "Identity Providers" tab, right-click a Registered Identity Provider such as an LDAP Identity Provider, and select "Properties". Add the additional "LDAP Host URLs" to the list in accordance with organizational requirements and click "Finish".