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Remote administration should be disabled for the Oracle connection manager.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-16032 DO6747-ORACLE11 SV-24955r1_rule EBRP-1 Medium
Description
Remote administration provides a potential opportunity for malicious users to make unauthorized changes to the Connection Manager configuration or interrupt its service.
STIG Date
Oracle Database 11g Installation STIG 2015-06-23

Details

Check Text ( C-29493r1_chk )
View the cman.ora file in the ORACLE_HOME/network/admin directory.

If the file does not exist, the database is not accessed via Oracle Connection Manager and this check is Not a Finding.

If the entry and value for REMOTE_ADMIN is not listed or is not set to a value of NO (REMOTE_ADMIN = NO), this is a Finding.
Fix Text (F-26561r1_fix)
View the cman.ora file in the ORACLE_HOME/network/admin directory of the Connection Manager.

Include the following line in the file:

REMOTE_ADMIN = NO