The operating system must validate the integrity of security attributes exchanged between systems.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000445-PF	RHEL-06-000445-PF	RHEL-06-000445-PF_rule		Medium

Description
When data is exchanged between information systems, the security attributes associated with the data needs to be maintained. Security attributes are an abstraction representing the basic properties or characteristics of an entity with respect to safeguarding information; typically associated with internal data structures (e.g., records, buffers, files) within the information system and used to enable the implementation of access control and flow control policies, reflect special dissemination, handling or distribution instructions, or support other aspects of the information security policy. Security attributes may be explicitly or implicitly associated with the information contained within the information system.

Description

When data is exchanged between information systems, the security attributes associated with the data needs to be maintained. Security attributes are an abstraction representing the basic properties or characteristics of an entity with respect to safeguarding information; typically associated with internal data structures (e.g., records, buffers, files) within the information system and used to enable the implementation of access control and flow control policies, reflect special dissemination, handling or distribution instructions, or support other aspects of the information security policy. Security attributes may be explicitly or implicitly associated with the information contained within the information system.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000445-PF_chk )
This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000445-PF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented but this finding cannot be considered fixed.