Oracle JRE 8 deployment.config file must contain proper keys and values.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66941	JRE8-WN-000020	SV-81431r3_rule		Medium

Description
The deployment.config configuration file contains two keys. The "deployment.properties" key includes the path of the "deployment.properties" file and the "deployment.properties.mandatory" key contains either a TRUE or FALSE value. If the path specified to "deployment.properties" does not lead to a "deployment.properties" file, the value of the “deployment.system.config.mandatory” key determines how JRE will handle the situation. If the value of the "deployment.system.config.mandatory" key is TRUE and if the path to the "deployment.properties" file is invalid, the JRE will not allow Java applications to run. This is the desired behavior.

Description

The deployment.config configuration file contains two keys. The "deployment.properties" key includes the path of the "deployment.properties" file and the "deployment.properties.mandatory" key contains either a TRUE or FALSE value. If the path specified to "deployment.properties" does not lead to a "deployment.properties" file, the value of the “deployment.system.config.mandatory” key determines how JRE will handle the situation. If the value of the "deployment.system.config.mandatory" key is TRUE and if the path to the "deployment.properties" file is invalid, the JRE will not allow Java applications to run. This is the desired behavior.

STIG	Date
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 8 STIG for Windows	2017-06-29

Details

Check Text ( C-67577r4_chk )
Navigate to the "deployment.config" file for Java: \Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.config - or - \Lib\deployment.config The "deployment.config" file contains two properties: deployment.system.config and deployment.system.config.mandatory. The "deployment.system.config" key points to the location of the "deployment.properties" file. The location is variable. It can point to a file on the local disk or a UNC path. The following is an example: "deployment.system.config=file:///C:/Windows/Java/Deployment/deployment.properties" If the "deployment.system.config" key does not exist or does not point to the location of the "deployment.properties" file, this is a finding. If the "deployment.system.config.mandatory" key does not exist or is set to "false", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-67577r4_chk )

Navigate to the "deployment.config" file for Java:

\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.config
- or -
\Lib\deployment.config

The "deployment.config" file contains two properties: deployment.system.config and deployment.system.config.mandatory.

The "deployment.system.config" key points to the location of the "deployment.properties" file. The location is variable. It can point to a file on the local disk or a UNC path. The following is an example:
"deployment.system.config=file:///C:/Windows/Java/Deployment/deployment.properties"

If the "deployment.system.config" key does not exist or does not point to the location of the "deployment.properties" file, this is a finding.

If the "deployment.system.config.mandatory" key does not exist or is set to "false", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-73041r2_fix)
Navigate to the "deployment.config" file for JRE. Add the key "deployment.system.config=" to the "deployment.config" file. The following is an example: "deployment.system.config=file:///C:/Windows/Java/Deployment/deployment.properties". Note the use of forward slashes. Add the key "deployment.system.config.mandatory=true" to the "deployment.config" file.