MarkLogic Server v9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Overview

VersionDateFinding Count (80)Downloads
32024-09-04CAT I (High): 8CAT II (Medium): 70CAT III (Low): 2
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 I - Mission Critical Public

Finding IDSeverityTitleDescription
V-220340
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.Enterprise environments make account management for applications and databases challenging and complex. A manual process for account management functi...
V-220342
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must protect against a user falsely repudiating having performed organization-defined actions.Non-repudiation of actions taken is required in order to maintain data integrity. Examples of particular actions taken by individuals include creating...
V-220343
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be configured to provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or...
V-220344
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent or i...
V-220345
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, it must be possible to con...
V-220346
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be able to generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, it must be possible to con...
V-220347
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must initiate session auditing upon startup.Session auditing is used when a user's activities are under investigation. To ensure all activity is captured during the periods when session auditing...
V-220348
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must shut down by default upon audit failure, to include the unavailability of space for more audit log records; or must be configurable to shut down upon audit failure.It is critical that when the DBMS is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the failure. Audit processing fa...
V-220349
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The audit information produced by MarkLogic Server must be protected from unauthorized read access.If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity i...
V-220350
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The audit information produced by MarkLogic Server must be protected from unauthorized modification.If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity i...
V-220351
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The audit information produced by MarkLogic Server must be protected from unauthorized deletion.If audit data becomes compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impos...
V-220352
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must protect its audit features from unauthorized access.Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Depending upon the log format and app...
V-220353
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is ne...
V-220354
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must protect its audit features from unauthorized removal.Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is ne...
V-220355
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must limit privileges to change software modules, including stored procedures, functions, and triggers, and links to software external to the DBMS.If the system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate...
V-220356
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information syste...
V-220357
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server software, including configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories, or DASD pools, separate from the host OS and other applications.When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information syste...
V-220358
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server objects (including but not limited to indexes, storage, functions, triggers, links to software external to the server, etc.) must be owned by database/MarkLogic Server principals authorized for ownership.Within the database, object ownership implies full privileges to the owned object, including the privilege to assign access to the owned objects to ot...
V-220359
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The role(s)/group(s) used to modify database structure (including but not necessarily limited to indexes, storage, etc.) and logic modules (functions, triggers, links to software external to the MarkLogic Server, etc.) must be restricted to authorized users.If the DBMS were to allow any user to make changes to database structure or logic, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appr...
V-220360
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Unused database components, DBMS software, and database objects must be removed.Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may no...
V-220361
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Access to external executables must be disabled or restricted.Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may no...
V-220362
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types...
V-220363
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and...
V-220364
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
If MarkLogic Server authentication using passwords is employed, MarkLogic Server must enforce the DOD standards for password complexity and lifetime.OS/enterprise authentication and identification must be used (SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001). Native DBMS authentication may be used only when circumstance...
V-220366
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server, when utilizing PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by performing RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. A certificate’s certification path is the path from the end entity certificate ...
V-220369
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users).Non-organizational users include all information system users other than organizational users, which include organizational employees or individuals t...
V-220370
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, workstations, or servers, and ty...
V-220371
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attacks involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers based on patterns in known ...
V-220373
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Access to MarkLogic Server files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Permitting only DBMS process...
V-220374
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must provide non-privileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.Any DBMS or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromising the data and security...
V-220375
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in process.Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for the DBMS to make security-related access-control decisions. Security...
V-220376
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in transmission.Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for the DBMS to make security-related access-control decisions. Security...
V-220377
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary...
V-220378
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Execution of software modules (to include stored procedures, functions, and triggers) with elevated privileges must be restricted to necessary cases only.In certain situations, to provide required functionality, a DBMS needs to execute internal logic (stored procedures, functions, triggers, etc.) and/or...
V-220380
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.To ensure sufficient storage capacity for the audit logs, the DBMS must be able to allocate audit record storage capacity. Although another requiremen...
V-220381
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of maximum audit record storage capacity.Organizations are required to use a central log management system, so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to the DBMS on its own serve...
V-220382
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit failures.It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without a real-time aler...
V-220383
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to configuration, it would be difficult to identify attempted attacks and an a...
V-220384
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must disable network functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed by the organization to be nonsecure, in accordance with Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) guidance.Use of nonsecure network functions, ports, protocols, and services exposes the system to avoidable threats....
V-220385
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable....
V-220386
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must only accept end-entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.Only DoD-approved external PKIs have been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedures in place sufficient for...
V-220389
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Security-relevant software updates to MarkLogic Server must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).Security flaws with software applications, including database management systems, are discovered daily. Vendors are constantly updating and patching t...
V-220390
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be able to generate audit records when security objects are accessed.Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retrieved or modified via data m...
V-220391
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retrieved or modified via data m...
V-220392
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are accessed.Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. For detailed...
V-220393
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. To aid in di...
V-220394
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are added.Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized elevation or restri...
V-220395
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to add privileges/permissions occur.Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized atte...
V-220396
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are modified.Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized elevation or restri...
V-220397
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges/permissions occur.Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized atte...
V-220398
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when security objects are modified.Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and...
V-220399
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and...
V-220400
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are modified.Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. For detailed...
V-220401
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. To aid in di...
V-220402
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are deleted.Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized elevation or restri...
V-220403
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges/permissions occur.Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized atte...
V-220404
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server DBMS must generate audit records when security objects are deleted.The removal of security objects from the database/DBMS would seriously degrade a system's information assurance posture. If such an event occurs, it m...
V-220405
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.The removal of security objects from the database/DBMS would seriously degrade a system's information assurance posture. If such an action is attempte...
V-220406
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are deleted.Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. For detailed...
V-220407
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.Changes in categories of information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. To aid in di...
V-220408
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when successful logons or connections occur.For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who/what (a user or other principal) logs on to the DBMS....
V-220409
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track failed attempts to log on to the DBMS. While positive identification may not be possib...
V-220410
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records for all privileged activities or other system-level access.Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify th...
V-220411
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to execute privileged activities or other system-level access occur.Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify th...
V-220412
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must generate audit records when concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations occur.For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who logs on to the DBMS. Concurrent connections by the same user from multiple workst...
V-220413
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic must be able to generate audit records when successful accesses to objects occur.Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it would be difficult to est...
V-220414
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to provision digital signatures.Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptogr...
V-220415
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to generate and validate cryptographic hashes.Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptogr...
V-220416
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection, in accordance with the requirements of the data owner.Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptogr...
V-220418
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration and implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, DTMs, and IAVMs.Configuring the DBMS to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards a...
V-220339
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must limit the number of concurrent sessions to an organization-defined number per user for all accounts and/or account types.Database management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions utilizing a DBMS. Unlimited concurrent connections to the DB...
V-220417
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this must be continuous and in near real time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information s...
V-220341
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.Authentication with a DoD-approved PKI certificate does not necessarily imply authorization to access the DBMS. To mitigate the risk of unauthorized a...
V-220365
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
If passwords are used for authentication, the MarkLogic Server must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be used only when it is not po...
V-220367
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/utilized by the DBMS.The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by requiring the certificate h...
V-220368
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must use NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations and protect classified information in accordance with the requirements of the data owner.Use of weak or not validated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption and digital signatures to protect data. Weak algorit...
V-220372
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in non-mobile devices and covers user information and sys...
V-220387
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.DBMSs handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure and modification of the...
V-220388
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must implement cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of organization-defined information at rest on organization-defined information system components.DBMSs handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure and modification of the...
V-265874
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
MarkLogic Server must be a version supported by the vendor.Unsupported commercial and database systems should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs will not be implemented by the vendor. The lack ...