The operating system must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56727	SRG-OS-000432-GPOS-00191	SV-70987r1_rule		Medium

Description
A common vulnerability of operating system is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or unintended system behavior caused by invalid inputs, where information system responses to the invalid input may be disruptive or cause the system to fail into an unsafe state. The behavior will be derived from the organizational and system requirements and includes, but is not limited to, notification of the appropriate personnel, creating an audit record, and rejecting invalid input.

Description

A common vulnerability of operating system is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or unintended system behavior caused by invalid inputs, where information system responses to the invalid input may be disruptive or cause the system to fail into an unsafe state. The behavior will be derived from the organizational and system requirements and includes, but is not limited to, notification of the appropriate personnel, creating an audit record, and rejecting invalid input.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2016-04-25

Details

Check Text ( C-57297r1_chk )
Verify the operating system behaves in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61623r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.