The LG Android 5.0 platform must be configured to implement the management setting: Disable native Android browser.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58849	LGA5-20-003000	SV-73279r1_rule		Medium

Description
The native browser includes encryption modules that are not FIPS 140-2 validated. DoD policy requires all encryption modules used in DoD IT systems be FIPS 140-2 validated. SFR ID: FMT_MOF.1.1(2) #13

STIG	Date
LG Android 5.x Interim Security Configuration Guide	2015-09-22

Details

Check Text ( C-59695r1_chk )
This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the LG Android device. Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console: 1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the list of unapproved core and preinstalled applications in the "Application Blacklist (prevent launch of blacklist apps)" setting in the MDM console. 2. Verify the list contains LGbrowser (AT&T) and Chrome (AT&T and Verizon). On the LG Android device: 1. Attempt to launch the native Android Browser (LG Browser) and Chrome apps on the device. 2. Verify the apps will not run and the following message is displayed: Application is disabled by server policy. If the "Allow Application Blacklist (prevent launch of blacklist apps)" setting is not set up with "LGbrowser" and "Chrome" or the native Android browser and Chrome browser can be launched on the device, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59695r1_chk )

This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the LG Android device.

Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console:
1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the list of unapproved core and preinstalled applications in the "Application Blacklist (prevent launch of blacklist apps)" setting in the MDM console.
2. Verify the list contains LGbrowser (AT&T) and Chrome (AT&T and Verizon).

On the LG Android device:
1. Attempt to launch the native Android Browser (LG Browser) and Chrome apps on the device.
2. Verify the apps will not run and the following message is displayed: Application is disabled by server policy.

If the "Allow Application Blacklist (prevent launch of blacklist apps)" setting is not set up with "LGbrowser" and "Chrome" or the native Android browser and Chrome browser can be launched on the device, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64233r1_fix)
Configure the mobile device to disable non-FIPS-validated browsers. On the MDM Administration Console, list "LGbrowser" (AT&T) and "Chrome (AT&T and Verizon) in "Application Blacklist (prevent launch of blacklist apps)".