To protect against data mining, the CA API Gateway providing content filtering must prevent SQL injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-71399	CAGW-GW-000550	SV-86023r1_rule		Medium

Description
Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to prevent attacks launched against organizational information from unauthorized data mining may result in the compromise of information. SQL injection attacks are the most prevalent attacks against web applications and databases. These attacks inject SQL commands that can read, modify, or compromise the meaning of the original SQL query. An attacker can spoof identity; expose, tamper, destroy, or make existing data unavailable; or gain unauthorized privileges on the database server. Compliance requires the CA API Gateway to have the capability to prevent SQL code injections. Examples include Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or database application gateways. The CA API Gateway must include threat protection mechanisms such as a "Protect Against SQL Attack" Assertion configured in accordance with organizational requirements and used in a Registered Service's policy requiring data mining protection to help prevent SQL injection attacks launched against data storage objects.

Description

Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to prevent attacks launched against organizational information from unauthorized data mining may result in the compromise of information. SQL injection attacks are the most prevalent attacks against web applications and databases. These attacks inject SQL commands that can read, modify, or compromise the meaning of the original SQL query. An attacker can spoof identity; expose, tamper, destroy, or make existing data unavailable; or gain unauthorized privileges on the database server. Compliance requires the CA API Gateway to have the capability to prevent SQL code injections. Examples include Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or database application gateways. The CA API Gateway must include threat protection mechanisms such as a "Protect Against SQL Attack" Assertion configured in accordance with organizational requirements and used in a Registered Service's policy requiring data mining protection to help prevent SQL injection attacks launched against data storage objects.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-71799r1_chk )
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager. Double-click all Registered Services that access a protected database and verify the "Protect Against SQL Attacks" Threat Protection Assertion is included as part of the policies. If it is not included, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-77717r1_fix)
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager. Double-click on the Registered Services that do not have the "Protect Against SQL Attacks" Threat Protection Assertion added to their policy and add it from the list of Assertions. Choose from the list of available protections for the Assertion to meet the appropriate organizational requirement.