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The Windows DNS Server must be configured to only allow zone information that reflects the environment for which it is authoritative, including IP ranges and IP versions.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-259401WDNS-22-000073SV-259401r961158_ruleCCI-001310medium
Description
DNS zone data for which a Windows DNS Server is authoritative should represent the network for which it is responsible. If a Windows DNS Server hosts zone records for other networks or environments, the records could become invalid or stale or be redundant/conflicting with a DNS server truly authoritative for the other network environment.
STIGDate
Microsoft Windows Server Domain Name System (DNS) Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-02-25

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (6) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
IAC-21Least Privilege
1.00
NET-12Safeguarding Data Over Open Networks
0.50
TDA-18Input Data Validation
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (11) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AU-10(1)Association of Identities
1.00
AU-10(2)Validate Binding of Information Producer Identity
1.00
CM-6Configuration Settings
1.00
IA-5(2)Public Key-based Authentication
1.00
SC-13Cryptographic Protection
1.00
SC-20Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Authoritative Source)
1.00
SC-20(2)Data Origin and Integrity
1.00
SC-21Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)
1.00
SC-23Session Authenticity
1.00
SC-8(2)Pre- and Post-transmission Handling
1.00

+1 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001310
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.DS-10
1.00

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 7 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-259401r961158_chk)

Consult with the system administrator to determine the IP ranges for the environment. Log on to the DNS server using the Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account or Local Administrator account. If not automatically started, initialize the "Server Manager" window by clicking its icon from the bottom left corner of the screen. Once the "Server Manager" window is initialized, from the left pane, click to select the DNS category. From the right pane, under the "SERVERS" section, right-click the DNS server. From the context menu that appears, click "DNS Manager". On the opened DNS Manager snap-in from the left pane, expand the server name and then expand "Forward Lookup Zones". From the expanded list, click to select and then right-click the zone name. Review the zone information and compare it to the IP ranges for the environment. If any zone information is for a different IP range or domain, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63048r939907_fix)

Log on to the DNS server using the Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account or Local Administrator account. If not automatically started, initialize the "Server Manager" window by clicking its icon from the bottom left corner of the screen. Once the "Server Manager" window is initialized, from the left pane, click to select the DNS category. From the right pane, under the "SERVERS" section, right-click the DNS server. From the context menu that appears, click "DNS Manager". On the opened DNS Manager snap-in from the left pane, expand the server name and then expand "Forward Lookup Zones". Remove any zone information that is not part of the environment.