The Oracle SEC_PROTOCOL_ERROR_FURTHER_ACTION parameter should be set to a value of DELAY or DROP.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-16053	DO6750-ORACLE11	SV-55940r2_rule		Medium

Description
The database is vulnerable to exhaustion of resources that could result in a Denial of Service (DoS) to other clients if not protected from a flood of bad packets submitted by a malicious or errant client connection. The sec_protocol_error_further_action initialization parameter can be set to delay or drop acceptance of bad packets from a client in order to support the continued function of other non-problematic connections.

Description

The database is vulnerable to exhaustion of resources that could result in a Denial of Service (DoS) to other clients if not protected from a flood of bad packets submitted by a malicious or errant client connection. The sec_protocol_error_further_action initialization parameter can be set to delay or drop acceptance of bad packets from a client in order to support the continued function of other non-problematic connections.

STIG	Date
Oracle Database 11g Instance STIG	2016-06-15

Details

Check Text ( C-17062r2_chk )
From SQL*Plus: select upper(value) from v$parameter where name = 'sec_protocol_error_further_action'; If the value returned does not include DROP or DELAY, this is a Finding.

Fix Text (F-16156r1_fix)
Set the value for the sec_protocol_error_further_action initialization parameter to DROP or DELAY. DROP provides better protection and is recommended. From SQLPlus: alter system set sec_protocol_error_further_action = 'drop' scope = spfile; OR alter system set sec_protocol_error_further_action = 'drop,3' scope = spfile; NOTE: The addition of the ‘,3’ above further limits the number of ‘bad packets’ to the specified number before forcefully terminating the connection. The above SQLPlus command will set the parameter to take effect at next system startup.

Fix Text (F-16156r1_fix)

Set the value for the sec_protocol_error_further_action initialization parameter to DROP or DELAY.

DROP provides better protection and is recommended.

From SQL*Plus:

alter system set sec_protocol_error_further_action = 'drop' scope = spfile;
OR
alter system set sec_protocol_error_further_action = 'drop,3' scope = spfile;

NOTE: The addition of the ‘,3’ above further limits the number of ‘bad packets’ to the specified number before forcefully terminating the connection.

The above SQL*Plus command will set the parameter to take effect at next system startup.