The setting enabling users to configure the check publisher certificates for revocation must be locked.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32831	JRE0030-UX	SV-43617r3_rule	DCBP-1	Medium

Description
Certificates may be revoked due to improper issuance, compromise of the certificate, and failure to adhere to policy. Therefore, any certificate found revoked on a CRL or via Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) should not be trusted. Permitting execution of an applet published with a revoked certificate may result in spoofing, malware, system modification, invasion of privacy, and denial of service. Ensuring users cannot change these settings assures a more consistent security profile. NOTE: The 'JRE' directory in the file path may reflect the specific JRE release installed.

Description

Certificates may be revoked due to improper issuance, compromise of the certificate, and failure to adhere to policy. Therefore, any certificate found revoked on a CRL or via Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) should not be trusted. Permitting execution of an applet published with a revoked certificate may result in spoofing, malware, system modification, invasion of privacy, and denial of service. Ensuring users cannot change these settings assures a more consistent security profile. NOTE: The 'JRE' directory in the file path may reflect the specific JRE release installed.

STIG	Date
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 7 STIG for Unix	2014-12-29

Details

Check Text ( C-41480r13_chk )
If the system is on the SIPRNET, this requirement is NA. Navigate to the system 'deployment.properties' file for Java, the default location is /usr/java/jre/lib/deployment.properties. If the 'deployment.security.validation.crl.locked' key is not present within the deployment.properties file, this is a finding. If the 'deployment.security.validation.ocsp.locked' key is not present within the deployment.properties file, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-41480r13_chk )

If the system is on the SIPRNET, this requirement is NA.

Navigate to the system 'deployment.properties' file for Java, the default location is
/usr/java/jre/lib/deployment.properties.

If the 'deployment.security.validation.crl.locked' key is not present within the deployment.properties file, this is a finding.

If the 'deployment.security.validation.ocsp.locked' key is not present within the deployment.properties file, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37120r12_fix)
Navigate to the system 'deployment.properties' file for Java, the default location is /usr/java/jre/lib/deployment.properties. Add the 'deployment.security.validation.crl.locked' key to the deployment.properties file. Add the 'deployment.security.validation.ocsp.locked' key to the deployment.properties file.