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F5 BIG-IP Device Management 11.x Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (75)
2020-09-28 CAT I (High): 5 CAT II (Med): 63 CAT III (Low): 7
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC I - Mission Critical Public)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-217387 High The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce the assigned privilege level for each administrator and authorizations for access to all commands relative to the privilege level in accordance with applicable policy for the device.
V-217409 High The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with a device management session at the end of the session, or the session must be configured to be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.
V-228988 High The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to uniquely identify and authenticate organizational administrators (or processes acting on behalf of organizational administrators).
V-217417 High The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of all known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on the BIG-IP appliance management network by limiting the number of concurrent sessions.
V-228999 High The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to automatically terminate a network administrator session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.
V-229002 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to automatically lock the account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.
V-217388 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.
V-229013 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to employ automated mechanisms to assist in the tracking of security incidents.
V-229012 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to employ automated mechanisms to centrally verify authentication settings.
V-229011 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to employ automated mechanisms to centrally apply authentication settings.
V-229010 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use automated mechanisms to alert security personnel to threats identified by authoritative sources (e.g., CTOs) and IAW with CJCSM 6510.01B.
V-217382 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to initiate a session lock after a 10-minute period of inactivity.
V-217383 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must automatically audit account creation.
V-228982 Medium Upon successful logon, the BIG-IP appliance must be configured to notify the administrator of the number of unsuccessful logon attempts since the last successful logon.
V-217381 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must limit the number of concurrent sessions to the Configuration Utility to 10 or an organization-defined number.
V-217386 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must automatically audit account removal actions.
V-217384 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must automatically audit account modification.
V-217385 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must automatically audit account-disabling actions.
V-217420 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to employ automated mechanisms to centrally manage authentication settings.
V-229007 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to dynamically manage user accounts.
V-229000 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to generate an immediate alert for account-enabling actions.
V-217424 Medium The F5 BIG-IP must ensure SSH is disabled for root user logon to prevent remote access using the root account.
V-228979 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.
V-217422 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to create backups of information system documentation, including security-related documentation, when changes occur or weekly, whichever is sooner.
V-217410 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to automatically audit account-enabling actions.
V-217411 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce organization-defined role-based access control policies over defined subjects and objects.
V-217408 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to terminate all sessions and network connections when nonlocal device maintenance is completed.
V-217415 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration.
V-217405 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must only transmit encrypted representations of passwords.
V-217404 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must only store encrypted representations of passwords.
V-217407 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.
V-228978 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must provide automated support for account management functions.
V-217401 Medium If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
V-217400 Medium If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.
V-217403 Medium If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the BIG-IP appliance must require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight (8) of the positions within the password.
V-217402 Medium If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
V-229006 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to implement automated security responses if baseline configurations are changed in an unauthorized manner.
V-228985 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to protect audit information from any type of unauthorized read access.
V-217423 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through a DoD-approved service provider.
V-228980 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must automatically disable accounts after a 35-day period of account inactivity.
V-228981 Medium Upon successful logon, the BIG-IP appliance must be configured to notify the administrator of the date and time of the last logon.
V-217394 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to protect audit tools from unauthorized access.
V-217397 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to ensure administrators are authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.
V-217396 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and/or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.
V-229008 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to allow the use of a temporary password for system logons with an immediate change to a permanent password.
V-217390 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to protect against an individual (or process acting on behalf of an individual) falsely denying having performed system configuration changes.
V-217393 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
V-217392 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
V-228987 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use NIAP evaluated cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information at rest.
V-217413 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
V-228989 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
V-217399 Medium If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.
V-228993 Medium The application must be configured to reveal error messages only to authorized individuals (ISSO, ISSM, and SA).
V-229001 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to transmit access authorization information using approved security safeguards to authorized information systems that enforce access control decisions.
V-217406 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.
V-217416 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to audit the enforcement actions used to restrict access associated with changes to the device.
V-228998 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) when accounts are removed.
V-217418 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to off-load audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.
V-217419 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration or implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, and DTMs.
V-217414 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources.
V-228991 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
V-228990 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime.
V-217398 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
V-228992 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after 72 hours.
V-228995 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) when accounts are created.
V-228994 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to activate a system alert message, send an alarm, and/or automatically shut down when a component failure is detected.
V-228997 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) when accounts are disabled.
V-228996 Medium The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) when accounts are modified.
V-217389 Low The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.
V-217421 Low The BIG-IP appliance must create backups of system-level information contained in the information system when changes occur or weekly, whichever is sooner.
V-229003 Low The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to notify the administrator, upon successful logon (access), of the location of last logon (terminal or IP address) in addition to the date and time of the last logon (access).
V-230217 Low If the BIG-IP appliance is being used to authenticate users for web applications, the HTTPOnly flag must be set.
V-229005 Low The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to generate an immediate alert when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75% of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.
V-228983 Low The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.
V-229009 Low The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to notify the administrator of the number of successful logon attempts occurring during an organization-defined time period.