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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 11.x Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (60)
2020-09-28 CAT I (High): 6 CAT II (Med): 51 CAT III (Low): 3
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-215793 High The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing pattern recognition pre-processors when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
V-215792 High The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
V-215791 High The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to implement load balancing to limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to virtual servers.
V-215790 High The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect against known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing rate-based attack prevention behavior analysis when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
V-215740 High The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to restrict or block harmful or suspicious communications traffic by controlling the flow of information between interconnected networks based on attribute- and content-based inspection of the source, destination, headers, and/or content of the communications traffic.
V-215744 High The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to limit the number of concurrent sessions to an organization-defined number for virtual servers.
V-215779 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to require users to re-authenticate to virtual servers when organization-defined circumstances or situations require re-authentication.
V-215778 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to detect code injection attacks being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
V-215746 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to use encryption services that implement NIST SP 800-52 Revision 2 compliant cryptography to protect the confidentiality of connections to virtual servers.
V-215773 Medium To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields when providing content filtering to virtual servers.
V-215772 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation providing intermediary services for remote access communications traffic must control remote access methods to virtual servers.
V-215739 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information within the network based on attribute- and content-based inspection of the source, destination, headers, and/or content of the communications traffic.
V-215738 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources by employing identity-based, role-based, and/or attribute-based security policies.
V-215777 Medium To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to detect SQL injection attacks being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.
V-215776 Medium To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to detect code injection attacks being launched against data storage objects.
V-215753 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.
V-215752 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect audit tools from unauthorized access.
V-215751 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
V-215750 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
V-215757 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the Ports, Protocol, and Service Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.
V-215756 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to remove or disable any functions, ports, protocols, and/or services that are not documented as required.
V-215755 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured so that only functions, ports, protocols, and/or services that are documented for the server/application for which the virtual servers are providing connectivity.
V-215754 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.
V-215759 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured with a pre-established trust relationship and mechanisms with appropriate authorities (e.g., Active Directory or authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server) that validate user account access authorizations and privileges when providing access control to virtual servers.
V-215758 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users) when connecting to virtual servers.
V-215797 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.
V-215796 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries for unusual or unauthorized activities or conditions.
V-215795 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to handle invalid inputs in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.
V-215794 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to only allow incoming communications from authorized sources routed to authorized destinations.
V-215763 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation providing PKI-based, user authentication intermediary services must be configured to map the authenticated identity to the user account for PKI-based authentication to virtual servers.
V-215799 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for digital signatures when providing encrypted traffic to virtual servers.
V-215798 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to generate cryptographic hashes when providing encryption traffic to virtual servers.
V-230216 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to activate a session lock to conceal information previously visible on the display for connections to virtual servers.
V-230215 Medium The BIG-IP Core must display an explicit logoff message to users indicating the reliable termination of authenticated communications sessions when providing access to virtual servers.
V-230214 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must automatically terminate a user session for a user connected to virtual servers when organization-defined conditions or trigger events occur that require a session disconnect.
V-230213 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity when users are connected to virtual servers.
V-215775 Medium To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent SQL injection attacks from being launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.
V-215747 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to comply with the required TLS settings in NIST SP 800-52 Revision 1 for TLS services to virtual servers.
V-215803 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to inspect for protocol compliance and protocol anomalies in inbound HTTP and HTTPS traffic to virtual servers.
V-215802 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to inspect for protocol compliance and protocol anomalies in inbound FTP and FTPS communications traffic to virtual servers.
V-215801 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to inspect for protocol compliance and protocol anomalies in inbound SMTP and Extended SMTP communications traffic to virtual servers.
V-215800 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption services when providing encrypted traffic to virtual servers.
V-215774 Medium To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.
V-215745 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to monitor inbound traffic for remote access policy compliance when accepting connections to virtual servers.
V-215760 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must restrict user authentication traffic to specific authentication server(s) when providing access control to virtual servers.
V-215761 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must use multifactor authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts when granting access to virtual servers.
V-215748 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to use NIST SP 800-52 Revision 1 compliant cryptography to protect the integrity of remote access sessions to virtual servers.
V-215749 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized read access.
V-215784 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to deny-by-default all PKI-based authentication to virtual servers supporting path discovery and validation if unable to access revocation information via the network.
V-215766 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to protect the authenticity of communications sessions.
V-215780 Medium A BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must be configured to require multifactor authentication for remote access to non-privileged accounts in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
V-215781 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation providing user authentication intermediary services must be configured to require multifactor authentication for remote access with privileged accounts to virtual servers in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
V-215788 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be able to conform to FICAM-issued profiles when providing authentication to virtual servers.
V-215789 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to only allow the use of DoD-approved PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.
V-215765 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must terminate all network connections associated with a communications session at the end of the session, or as follows: for in-band management sessions (privileged sessions), the session must be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity; and for user sessions (non-privileged session), the session must be terminated after 15 minutes of inactivity.
V-215762 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to validate certificates used for TLS functions for connections to virtual servers by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.
V-215764 Medium The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users) when connecting to virtual servers.
V-215741 Low The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD-approved Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to virtual servers.
V-215742 Low The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to retain the Standard Mandatory DoD-approved Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users accessing virtual servers acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.
V-215743 Low The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD-approved Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to publicly accessible applications.