MongoDB must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221198	MD3X-00-000770	SV-221198r879813_rule		Medium

Description
Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during packing/unpacking. These unauthorized disclosures or modifications compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the information. This requirement applies only to those applications that are either distributed or can allow access to data nonlocally. Use of this requirement will be limited to situations where the data owner has a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process. When receiving data, MongoDB, associated applications, and infrastructure must leverage protection mechanisms.

Description

Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during packing/unpacking. These unauthorized disclosures or modifications compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the information. This requirement applies only to those applications that are either distributed or can allow access to data nonlocally. Use of this requirement will be limited to situations where the data owner has a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process. When receiving data, MongoDB, associated applications, and infrastructure must leverage protection mechanisms.

STIG	Date
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 3.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-01-24

Details

Check Text ( C-22913r411088_chk )
If the data owner does not have a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process, this is not a finding. If such strict requirement for ensure data integrity and confidentially is present, inspect the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf) for the following entries: net: ssl: mode: requireSSL PEMKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem If net.ssl.mode is not set to "requireSSL", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-22913r411088_chk )

If the data owner does not have a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process, this is not a finding.

If such strict requirement for ensure data integrity and confidentially is present, inspect the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf) for the following entries:

net:
ssl:
mode: requireSSL
PEMKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem

If net.ssl.mode is not set to "requireSSL", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22902r411089_fix)
Obtain a certificate from a valid DoD certificate authority to be used for encrypted data transmission. Modify the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf) with the network configuration options. net: ssl: mode: requireSSL PEMKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem Set "net.ssl.mode" to the "requireSSL". Set "net.ssl.KeyFile" to the full path of the certificate (.pem) file. Start/stop (restart) all mongod or mongos instances using the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf).

Fix Text (F-22902r411089_fix)

Obtain a certificate from a valid DoD certificate authority to be used for encrypted data transmission.

Modify the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf) with the network configuration options.

net:
ssl:
mode: requireSSL
PEMKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem

Set "net.ssl.mode" to the "requireSSL".
Set "net.ssl.KeyFile" to the full path of the certificate (.pem) file.

Start/stop (restart) all mongod or mongos instances using the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf).