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RSS feed synchronization with Common Feed List must be disallowed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-17806 DTOO281 SV-54054r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
The Common Feed list is a hierarchical set of RSS feeds to which clients such as Outlook 2013, the Feeds list in Internet Explorer, and the Feed Headlines Sidebar gadget in Windows Vista can subscribe. If Outlook subscribes to a very large feed list, performance and availability can be affected, especially if Outlook is configured to download full RSS message bodies or if the feed list is not AutoArchived regularly. By default, Outlook maintains its own list of feeds and does not automatically subscribe to RSS feeds that are added to the Common Feed List.
STIG Date
Microsoft Outlook 2013 STIG 2014-01-06

Details

Check Text ( C-47994r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Synchronize Outlook RSS Feeds with Common Feed List" is set to "Disabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\options\rss

Criteria: If the value SyncToSysCFL is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-46934r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Synchronize Outlook RSS Feeds with Common Feed List" to "Disabled".