The Oracle Listener ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS parameter if present should be set to ON.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3497	DO6740-ORACLE11	SV-24949r1_rule	EBRP-1	Medium

Description
The Oracle listener process can be dynamically configured. By connecting to the listener process directly, usually through the Oracle LSNRCTL utility, a user may change any of the parameters available through the set command. This vulnerability has been used to overwrite the listener log and trace files. The ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS parameter, set in the listener.ora file, prohibits dynamic listener configuration changes and protects the configuration using host operating system security controls.

Description

The Oracle listener process can be dynamically configured. By connecting to the listener process directly, usually through the Oracle LSNRCTL utility, a user may change any of the parameters available through the set command. This vulnerability has been used to overwrite the listener log and trace files. The ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS parameter, set in the listener.ora file, prohibits dynamic listener configuration changes and protects the configuration using host operating system security controls.

STIG	Date
Oracle Database 11g Installation STIG	2014-04-02

Details

Check Text ( C-29489r1_chk )
If a listener is not running on the local database host server, this check is Not a Finding. Use the LSNRCTL utility and issue the STATUS [listener-name] command to locate the listener.ora file. Open the listener.ora file in a text editor or viewer. Locate the line with ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS_[listener-name] = ON where listener-name is the alias of the listener supplied by the DBA. If no such line is found, this is a Finding. Repeat for each listener listed in the LISTENER.ORA file.

Check Text ( C-29489r1_chk )

If a listener is not running on the local database host server, this check is Not a Finding.

Use the LSNRCTL utility and issue the STATUS [listener-name] command to locate the listener.ora file.

Open the listener.ora file in a text editor or viewer.

Locate the line with ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS_[listener-name] = ON where listener-name is the alias of the listener supplied by the DBA.

If no such line is found, this is a Finding.

Repeat for each listener listed in the LISTENER.ORA file.

Fix Text (F-26557r1_fix)
Edit the listener.ora file and add the following line for each listener in use on the system: ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS_[listener-name] = ON Restart the listener to activate the setting.