SQL Server must identify potential security-relevant error conditions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40906	SQL2-00-022700	SV-53260r1_rule		Medium

Description
The structure and content of SQL Server error messages need to be carefully considered by the organization and development team. The extent to which the application is able to identify and handle error conditions is guided by organizational policy and operational requirements. Database logs can be monitored for specific security-related errors. Any error that can have a negative effect on database security should be quickly identified and forwarded to the appropriate personnel. If security-relevant error conditions are not identified by SQL Server they may be overlooked by the personnel responsible for addressing them.

Description

The structure and content of SQL Server error messages need to be carefully considered by the organization and development team. The extent to which the application is able to identify and handle error conditions is guided by organizational policy and operational requirements. Database logs can be monitored for specific security-related errors. Any error that can have a negative effect on database security should be quickly identified and forwarded to the appropriate personnel. If security-relevant error conditions are not identified by SQL Server they may be overlooked by the personnel responsible for addressing them.

STIG	Date
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-01-17

Details

Check Text ( C-47561r2_chk )
Security-related errors must be identified and monitored. In most cases, these items would appear in the SQL Server log file. If security-related error conditions are not being monitored to meet this requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-46188r2_fix)
Monitor SQL Server log files to determine when a security-related error occurs. Add/Update list of appropriate personnel that are to be alerted when a security related error condition occurs to system documentation. Consider an automated job for both the monitor and the alerting.