Changes to DBMS security labels must be audited.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-219871	O121-BP-026200	SV-219871r961863_rule		Medium

Description
Some DBMS systems provide the feature to assign security labels to data elements. If labeling is required, implementation options include the Oracle Label Security package, or a third-party product, or custom-developed functionality. The confidentiality and integrity of the data depends upon the security label assignment where this feature is in use. Changes to security label assignment may indicate suspicious activity.

Description

Some DBMS systems provide the feature to assign security labels to data elements. If labeling is required, implementation options include the Oracle Label Security package, or a third-party product, or custom-developed functionality. The confidentiality and integrity of the data depends upon the security label assignment where this feature is in use. Changes to security label assignment may indicate suspicious activity.

STIG	Date
Oracle Database 12c Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-21582r799971_chk )
If no data has been identified as being sensitive or classified in the system documentation, this is not a finding. If security labeling is not required, this is not a finding. If Standard Auditing is used, run the SQL query: select * from dba_sa_audit_options; If no records are returned or if output from the SQL statement above does not show classification labels being audited as required in the System Security Plan, this is a finding. If Unified Auditing is used: To see if Oracle is configured to capture audit data including changes to security label assignment, enter the following SQLPlus command: SELECT 'Changes to security label assignment is not being audited. ' FROM dual WHERE (SELECT Count() FROM (select policy_name , audit_option from audit_unified_policies WHERE audit_option = 'ALL' AND audit_option_type = 'OLS ACTION' AND policy_name in (select policy_name from audit_unified_enabled_policies where user_name='ALL USERS'))) = 0 OR (SELECT value FROM v$option WHERE parameter = 'Unified Auditing') != 'TRUE'; If Oracle returns "no rows selected", this is not a finding. To confirm that Oracle audit is capturing sufficient information to establish that changes to classification labels are being audited, perform a successful auditable action and an auditable action that results in an SQL error, and then view the results in the SYS.UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL view. If no ACTION#, or the wrong value, is returned for the auditable actions, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-21582r799971_chk )

If no data has been identified as being sensitive or classified in the system documentation, this is not a finding.

If security labeling is not required, this is not a finding.

If Standard Auditing is used, run the SQL query:

select * from dba_sa_audit_options;

If no records are returned or if output from the SQL statement above does not show classification labels being audited as required in the System Security Plan, this is a finding.

If Unified Auditing is used:
To see if Oracle is configured to capture audit data including changes to security label assignment, enter the following SQL*Plus command:
SELECT 'Changes to security label assignment is not being audited. '
FROM dual
WHERE (SELECT Count(*)
FROM (select policy_name , audit_option from audit_unified_policies
WHERE audit_option = 'ALL'
AND audit_option_type = 'OLS ACTION'
AND policy_name in (select policy_name from audit_unified_enabled_policies where user_name='ALL USERS'))) = 0
OR (SELECT value
FROM v$option
WHERE parameter = 'Unified Auditing') != 'TRUE';

If Oracle returns "no rows selected", this is not a finding.

To confirm that Oracle audit is capturing sufficient information to establish that changes to classification labels are being audited, perform a successful auditable action and an auditable action that results in an SQL error, and then view the results in the SYS.UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL view.

If no ACTION#, or the wrong value, is returned for the auditable actions, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-21581r533127_fix)
Define the policy for auditing changes to security labels defined for the data. Document the audit requirements in the System Security Plan and configure database auditing in accordance with the policy. If using Standard Auditing: If there is no Unified Auditing policy deployed to audit changes to security labels, the create one using the following syntax: SA_AUDIT_ADMIN.AUDIT ( policy_name IN VARCHAR2, users IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, audit_option IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, audit_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, success IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL); For additional information on creating audit policies, refer to the Oracle Database Security Guide http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/OLSAG/packages.htm#i1011868 If Unified Auditing is used: To ensure auditable events are captured: Link the oracle binary with uniaud_on, and then restart the database. Oracle Database Upgrade Guide describes how to enable unified auditing. Reference V-61625 for information on how to configure a policy to audit changes to security label assignments. For additional information on creating audit policies, refer to the Oracle Database Security Guide http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/DBSEG/audit_config.htm#CHDGBAAC

Fix Text (F-21581r533127_fix)

Define the policy for auditing changes to security labels defined for the data.

Document the audit requirements in the System Security Plan and configure database auditing in accordance with the policy.

If using Standard Auditing:
If there is no Unified Auditing policy deployed to audit changes to security labels, the create one using the following syntax:
SA_AUDIT_ADMIN.AUDIT (
policy_name IN VARCHAR2,
users IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
audit_option IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
audit_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
success IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);

For additional information on creating audit policies, refer to the Oracle Database Security Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/OLSAG/packages.htm#i1011868

If Unified Auditing is used:
To ensure auditable events are captured:
Link the oracle binary with uniaud_on, and then restart the database. Oracle Database Upgrade Guide describes how to enable unified auditing.
Reference V-61625 for information on how to configure a policy to audit changes to security label assignments.

For additional information on creating audit policies, refer to the Oracle Database Security Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/DBSEG/audit_config.htm#CHDGBAAC