Retrieving of CRL data must be set for online action.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17778	DTOO267 - Outlook	SV-33880r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting controls how Outlook retrieves Certificate Revocation Lists to verify the validity of certificates. Certificate revocation lists (CRLs) are lists of digital certificates that have been revoked by their controlling certificate authorities (CAs), typically because the certificates were issued improperly or their associated private keys were compromised.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2010	2014-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-34037r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security -> Cryptography -> Signature Status dialog box “Retrieving CRLs (Certificate Revocation Lists)” must be “Enabled (When online always retrieve the CRL)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\security Criteria: If the value UseCRLChasing is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34037r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security -> Cryptography -> Signature Status dialog box “Retrieving CRLs (Certificate Revocation Lists)” must be “Enabled (When online always retrieve the CRL)”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\security

Criteria: If the value UseCRLChasing is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29721r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security -> Cryptography -> Signature Status dialog box “Retrieving CRLs (Certificate Revocation Lists)” to “Enabled (When online always retrieve the CRL)”.