HPE Aruba Networking AOS Wireless Security Technical Implementation Guide

Overview

VersionDateFinding Count (14)Downloads
12024-10-29CAT I (High): 0CAT II (Medium): 13CAT III (Low): 1
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DOD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.
ClassifiedPublicSensitive
I - Mission Critical ClassifiedI - Mission Critical PublicI - Mission Critical Sensitive
II - Mission Support ClassifiedII - Mission Support PublicII - Mission Support Sensitive
III - Administrative ClassifiedIII - Administrative PublicIII - Administrative Sensitive

Findings - MAC III - Administrative Sensitive

Finding IDSeverityTitleDescription
V-266557
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS must use Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2, at a minimum, to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination using remote access.Using older unauthorized versions or incorrectly configuring protocol negotiation makes the gateway vulnerable to known and unknown attacks that explo...
V-266559
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS must protect wireless access to the network using authentication of users and/or devices.Allowing devices and users to connect to the system without first authenticating them allows untrusted access and can lead to a compromise or attack. ...
V-266560
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The network element must protect wireless access to the system using Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)-validated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) block cipher algorithms with an approved confidentiality mode.Allowing devices and users to connect to the system without first authenticating them allows untrusted access and can lead to a compromise or attack. ...
V-266577
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS must be configured to disable nonessential capabilities.It is detrimental for network elements to provide, or enable by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary...
V-266591
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS must manage excess bandwidth to limit the effects of packet flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.A network element experiencing a DoS attack will not be able to handle production traffic load. The high utilization and CPU caused by a DoS attack wi...
V-266627
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS must require devices to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations requiring reauthentication.Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity on the network. In additi...
V-266632
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The network element must authenticate all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. For distributed architect...
V-266639
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS must use cryptographic algorithms approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect national security systems (NSS) when transporting classified traffic across an unclassified network.Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. National Institute of Standards and Techno...
V-266644
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS, in conjunction with a remote device, must prevent the device from simultaneously establishing nonremote connections with the system and communicating via some other connection to resources in external networks.Split tunneling would in effect allow unauthorized external connections, making the system more vulnerable to attack and to exfiltration of organizati...
V-266703
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
When AOS is used as a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller, WLAN Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) implementation must use certificate-based public key infrastructure (PKI) authentication to connect to DOD networks.DOD certificate-based PKI authentication is strong, two-factor authentication that relies on carefully evaluated cryptographic modules. Implementation...
V-266704
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The site must conduct continuous wireless Intrusion Detection System (IDS) scanning.DOD networks are at risk and DOD data could be compromised if wireless scanning is not conducted to identify unauthorized wireless local area network ...
V-266705
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS, when configured as a WLAN bridge, must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.Call-home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or emergency analysis and troub...
V-266707
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS, when used as a WLAN bridge or controller, must be configured to only permit management traffic that ingresses and egresses the out-of-band management (OOBM) interface.The OOBM access switch will connect to the management interface of the managed network elements. The management interface can be a true OOBM interface...
V-266708
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
AOS wireless local area network (WLAN) service set identifiers (SSIDs) must be changed from the manufacturer's default to a pseudo random word that does not identify the unit, base, organization, etc.An SSID that identifies the unit, site, or purpose of the WLAN or is set to the manufacturer default may cause an operational security vulnerability....