The VMM must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-207493	SRG-OS-000403-VMM-001640	SV-207493r854667_rule		Medium

Description
Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. The DoD will only accept PKI certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of SSL/TLS certificates. This requirement is not applicable to VMM-internal sessions between components not identified as "Key Terrain" for "Non-Person Entities" per DoD policy.

Description

Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. The DoD will only accept PKI certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of SSL/TLS certificates. This requirement is not applicable to VMM-internal sessions between components not identified as "Key Terrain" for "Non-Person Entities" per DoD policy.

STIG	Date
Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide	2023-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-7750r365883_chk )
Verify the VMM only allows the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7750r365884_fix)
Configure the VMM to only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.