The operating system must protect non-local maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the information system by either physically separated communications paths or logically separated communications paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-33278	SRG-OS-000267-NA	SV-43697r1_rule		Medium

Description
This is a requirement that maintenance needs to be done on a separate interface or encrypted channel to segment maintenance activity from regular usage. When performing non-local maintenance, there is a possibility of the session being monitored and replayed to gain unauthorized access into a system. Rationale for non-applicability: Authentication requirements for device connections and software updates provide adequate IA in this context. The existence of out of band connections is not particularly meaningful in the context of a wireless communications device where all wireless interfaces share the same medium of the electromagnetic spectrum. Management of the mobile device does not occur over a separate physical or virtual network. If management sessions are authenticated and protected by cryptography, separating the session into a separate virtual network is unnecessary.

Description

This is a requirement that maintenance needs to be done on a separate interface or encrypted channel to segment maintenance activity from regular usage. When performing non-local maintenance, there is a possibility of the session being monitored and replayed to gain unauthorized access into a system. Rationale for non-applicability: Authentication requirements for device connections and software updates provide adequate IA in this context. The existence of out of band connections is not particularly meaningful in the context of a wireless communications device where all wireless interfaces share the same medium of the electromagnetic spectrum. Management of the mobile device does not occur over a separate physical or virtual network. If management sessions are authenticated and protected by cryptography, separating the session into a separate virtual network is unnecessary.

STIG	Date
Mobile Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2012-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-41575r1_chk )
This requirement is NA for the Mobile OS SRG.

Fix Text (F-37208r1_fix)
The requirement is NA. No fix is required.