Applications designed to enforce policy pertaining to organizational use of mobile code must prevent the download and execution of prohibited mobile code.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32512	SRG-APP-000209-DB-NA	SV-42849r1_rule		Medium

Description
Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include: Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. This requirement is specific to applications designed to enforce policy pertaining to organizational use of mobile

Description

Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include: Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. This requirement is specific to applications designed to enforce policy pertaining to organizational use of mobile

STIG	Date
Database Security Requirements Guide	2012-07-02

Details

Check Text ( C-40950r1_chk )
This check is NA for databases.

Fix Text (F-36427r1_fix)
This fix is NA for databases.