To protect against data mining, the DataPower Gateway providing content filtering must detect SQL injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-65251	WSDP-AG-000079	SV-79741r1_rule		Medium

Description
Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to detect attacks launched against organizational databases may result in the compromise of information. SQL injection attacks are the most prevalent attacks against web applications and databases. These attacks inject SQL commands that can read, modify, or compromise the meaning of the original SQL query. An attacker can spoof identity; expose, tamper, destroy, or make existing data unavailable; or gain unauthorized privileges on the database server. ALGs with anomaly detection must be configured to protect against unauthorized data mining attacks. These devices must include rules and anomaly detection algorithms to monitor for atypical database queries or accesses. Examples include a Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or database application gateways.

Description

Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to detect attacks launched against organizational databases may result in the compromise of information. SQL injection attacks are the most prevalent attacks against web applications and databases. These attacks inject SQL commands that can read, modify, or compromise the meaning of the original SQL query. An attacker can spoof identity; expose, tamper, destroy, or make existing data unavailable; or gain unauthorized privileges on the database server. ALGs with anomaly detection must be configured to protect against unauthorized data mining attacks. These devices must include rules and anomaly detection algorithms to monitor for atypical database queries or accesses. Examples include a Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or database application gateways.

STIG	Date
IBM DataPower ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-01-21

Details

Check Text ( C-65879r1_chk )
Search Bar “Processing Rule” >> Processing rule. If “Rule Action” does not contain a “Filter” action, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-71191r1_fix)
Search Bar “Processing Rule” >> processing rule >> Rule Action “+” >> Action Type “Filter”. In the filter action, specify that the provided XSL stylesheet, store:///SQL-Injection-Filter.xsl, be used for the transform. For the injection pattern file, specify store:///SQL-Injection-Patterns.xml, or specify the following name-value pair for the stylesheet parameters: Name: {http://www.datapower.com/param/config}SQLPatternFile Value: store:///SQL-Injection-Patterns.xml

Fix Text (F-71191r1_fix)

Search Bar “Processing Rule” >> processing rule >> Rule Action “+” >> Action Type “Filter”.

In the filter action, specify that the provided XSL stylesheet, store:///SQL-Injection-Filter.xsl, be used for the transform.

For the injection pattern file, specify store:///SQL-Injection-Patterns.xml, or specify the following name-value pair for the stylesheet parameters:

Name: {http://www.datapower.com/param/config}SQLPatternFile
Value: store:///SQL-Injection-Patterns.xml