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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252180	MD4X-00-006100	SV-252180r879813_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 4.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-18

Details

Check Text ( C-55636r813920_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 information is present, inspect the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf) for the following entries: net: tls: mode: requireTLS certificateKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem CAFile: /etc/ssl/caToValidateClientCertificates.pem allowInvalidCertificates: false allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates: false FIPSMode: true If net.tls.mode is not set to requireTLS, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-55636r813920_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 information is present, inspect the MongoDB configuration file (default location: /etc/mongod.conf) for the following entries:

net:
tls:
mode: requireTLS
certificateKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem
CAFile: /etc/ssl/caToValidateClientCertificates.pem
allowInvalidCertificates: false
allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates: false
FIPSMode: true

If net.tls.mode is not set to requireTLS, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55586r813921_fix)
Obtain a certificate from a valid DoD certificate authority to be used for encrypted data transmission. Modify the %MongoDB configuration file% with TLS configuration options such as: net: tls: mode: requireTLS certificateKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem CAFile: /etc/ssl/caToValidateClientCertificates.pem allowInvalidCertificates: false allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates: false FIPSMode: true Ensue net.tls.mode is set to requireTLS. Start/stop (restart) all mongod or mongos instances using the %MongoDB configuration file% (default location: /etc/mongod.conf).

Fix Text (F-55586r813921_fix)

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

Modify the %MongoDB configuration file% with TLS configuration options such as:

net:
tls:
mode: requireTLS
certificateKeyFile: /etc/ssl/mongodb.pem
CAFile: /etc/ssl/caToValidateClientCertificates.pem
allowInvalidCertificates: false
allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates: false
FIPSMode: true

Ensue net.tls.mode is set to requireTLS.

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