Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) must disable the local Shark and Monitor accounts so they cannot be used as shared accounts by users.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-62837	RICX-DM-000003	SV-77327r1_rule		Medium

Description
The Monitor and Shark accounts which are default group accounts with shared credentials. Monitor and Shark accounts are not enabled by default, but cannot be deleted since these network tools are designed to look for that account. Monitor is a read-only account for auditor's configuration management. Shark is used to access packet captures. If the credentials for these accounts are changed, the function of the system will not be adversely impacted.

Description

The Monitor and Shark accounts which are default group accounts with shared credentials. Monitor and Shark accounts are not enabled by default, but cannot be deleted since these network tools are designed to look for that account. Monitor is a read-only account for auditor's configuration management. Shark is used to access packet captures. If the credentials for these accounts are changed, the function of the system will not be adversely impacted.

STIG	Date
Riverbed SteelHead CX v8 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-63631r1_chk )
Verify that RiOS is configured to the assigned privilege level for each administrator. Navigate to the device Management Console Navigate to Configure >> Security >> User Permissions Verify the privilege level values for Shark and Monitor If all privileges for the Shark and Monitor accounts are not set to Deny, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-68755r1_fix)
Configure RiOS to enforce assigned privilege level for each administrator in accordance with site documented requirements. Navigate to the device Management Console Navigate to Configure >> Security >> User Permissions Remove all values of "Roles and Permissions" for the Monitor and Shark accounts Click "Apply" to save the changes Navigate to the top of the web page and click "Save" to write changes to memory

Fix Text (F-68755r1_fix)

Configure RiOS to enforce assigned privilege level for each administrator in accordance with site documented requirements.

Navigate to the device Management Console
Navigate to Configure >> Security >> User Permissions

Remove all values of "Roles and Permissions" for the Monitor and Shark accounts

Click "Apply" to save the changes
Navigate to the top of the web page and click "Save" to write changes to memory