Disable User Entries to Server List

Disable User Entries to Server List - Outlook

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17944	DTOO286 - Outlook	SV-19435r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
If users are able to manually enter the addresses of servers that are not approved by the organization, they could use servers that do not meet your organization's information security requirements, which could cause sensitive information to be at risk. By default, when users create a meeting workspace, they can choose a server from a default list provided by administrators or manually enter the address of a server that is not listed.

Description

If users are able to manually enter the addresses of servers that are not approved by the organization, they could use servers that do not meet your organization's information security requirements, which could cause sensitive information to be at risk. By default, when users create a meeting workspace, they can choose a server from a default list provided by administrators or manually enter the address of a server that is not listed.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2007	2014-10-03

Details

Check Text ( C-20428r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Meeting Workspace “Disable user entries to server list” will be set to “Enabled (Publish default, disallow others)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Meetings\Profile Criteria: If the value ServerUI is REG_DWORD = 2, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-20428r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Meeting Workspace “Disable user entries to server list” will be set to “Enabled (Publish default, disallow others)”.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Meetings\Profile

Criteria: If the value ServerUI is REG_DWORD = 2, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-18394r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Meeting Workspace “Disable user entries to server list” will be set to “Enabled (Publish default, disallow others)”.