The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-217415	F5BI-DM-000213	SV-217415r879753_rule		Medium

Description
Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of the system. When dealing with access restrictions pertaining to change control, it should be noted that any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the device can potentially have significant effects on the overall security of the device. Accordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals should be allowed to obtain access to device components for the purposes of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications. Logical access restrictions include, for example, controls that restrict access to workflow automation, media libraries, abstract layers (e.g., changes implemented into third-party interfaces rather than directly into information systems), and change windows (e.g., changes occur only during specified times, making unauthorized changes easy to discover).

Description

Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of the system. When dealing with access restrictions pertaining to change control, it should be noted that any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the device can potentially have significant effects on the overall security of the device. Accordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals should be allowed to obtain access to device components for the purposes of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications. Logical access restrictions include, for example, controls that restrict access to workflow automation, media libraries, abstract layers (e.g., changes implemented into third-party interfaces rather than directly into information systems), and change windows (e.g., changes occur only during specified times, making unauthorized changes easy to discover).

STIG	Date
F5 BIG-IP Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-01-26

Details

Check Text ( C-18640r290799_chk )
Verify the BIG-IP appliance is configured to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration. Navigate to the BIG-IP System manager >> System >> Users >> Authentication. Verify that "User Directory" is set to an approved authentication server that assigns authenticated users to an appropriate group. Navigate to System >> Users >> Remote Role Groups. Verify Remote Role Groups are assigned proper Role Access and Partition Access to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration. If the BIG-IP appliance is not configured to enforce such access restrictions, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-18640r290799_chk )

Verify the BIG-IP appliance is configured to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration.

Navigate to the BIG-IP System manager >> System >> Users >> Authentication.

Verify that "User Directory" is set to an approved authentication server that assigns authenticated users to an appropriate group.

Navigate to System >> Users >> Remote Role Groups.

Verify Remote Role Groups are assigned proper Role Access and Partition Access to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration.

If the BIG-IP appliance is not configured to enforce such access restrictions, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18638r290800_fix)
Configure the BIG-IP appliance to use role-based access to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration.