The Tanium application must restrict the ability of individuals to place too much impact upon the network, which might result in a Denial of Service (DoS) event on the network by using RandomSensorDelayInSeconds.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-234045	TANS-CL-000013	SV-234045r612749_rule		Medium

Description

DoS is a condition where a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity. Individuals of concern can include hostile insiders or external adversaries that have successfully breached the information system and are using the system as a platform to launch cyberattacks on third-parties. Applications and application developers must take the steps needed to ensure users cannot use an authorized application to launch DoS attacks against other systems and networks. For example, applications may include mechanisms that throttle network traffic so users are not able to generate unlimited network traffic via the application. Limiting system resources that are allocated to any user to a bare minimum may also reduce the ability of users to launch some DoS attacks. The methods employed to counter this risk will be dependent upon the application layer methods that can be used to exploit it.

STIG	Date
Tanium 7.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-37230r610635_chk )

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium Application, access the Tanium Application web user interface (UI). Log on with CAC. Click on the navigation button (hamburger menu) on the top left of the console. Click on "Administration". Select the "Global Settings" tab. In the "Show Settings Containing:" search box type "RandomSensorDelayInSeconds". Click "Enter". If no results are returned, this is a finding. If results are returned for "RandomSensorDelayInSeconds", but do not match the defined value in the system documentation, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37195r610636_fix)

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium Application, access the Tanium Application web user interface (UI). Log on with CAC. Click on the navigation button (hamburger menu) on the top left of the console. Click on "Administration". Select the "Global Settings" tab. Click on "New Setting". In "New System Setting" dialog box, enter "RandomSensorDelayInSeconds" for "Setting Name:". Consult with a Tanium TAM for an appropriate value for a given network. Enter the value for "Setting Value:". Select "Clients" from "Affects" drop-down list. Select "Numeric" from "Value Type" drop-down list. Click "Save". Document the value for later use.