The Oracle REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE parameter should be set to EXCLUSIVE or NONE.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-2558	DO3546-ORACLE11	SV-24922r2_rule		Medium

Description
The REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE setting of "NONE" disallows remote administration of the database. The REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE setting of "EXCLUSIVE" allows for auditing of individual DBA logins to the SYS account. If not set to "EXCLUSIVE", remote connections to the database as "internal" or "as SYSDBA" are not logged to an individual account.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-29473r2_chk )
From SQL*Plus: select value from v$parameter where name = 'remote_login_passwordfile'; If the value returned does not equal 'EXCLUSIVE' or 'NONE', this is a Finding.

Fix Text (F-26537r1_fix)
Disable use of the remote_login_passwordfile where remote administration is not authorized by specifying a value of NONE. If authorized, restrict use of a password file to exclusive use by each database by specifying a value of EXCLUSIVE. From SQLPlus: alter system set remote_login_passwordfile = 'EXCLUSIVE' scope = spfile; OR alter system set remote_login_passwordfile = 'NONE' scope = spfile; The above SQLPlus command will set the parameter to take effect at next system startup.

Fix Text (F-26537r1_fix)

Disable use of the remote_login_passwordfile where remote administration is not authorized by specifying a value of NONE.

If authorized, restrict use of a password file to exclusive use by each database by specifying a value of EXCLUSIVE.

From SQL*Plus:

alter system set remote_login_passwordfile = 'EXCLUSIVE' scope = spfile;

OR

alter system set remote_login_passwordfile = 'NONE' scope = spfile;

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