The operating system must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-203645	SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057	SV-203645r851748_rule		Medium

Description
A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the operating system. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the operating system validating the user credentials must not be vulnerable to a replay attack. An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message. A privileged account is any information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators.

Description

A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the operating system. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the operating system validating the user credentials must not be vulnerable to a replay attack. An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message. A privileged account is any information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-3770r557180_chk )
Verify the operating system implements replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-3770r557181_fix)
Configure the operating system to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.