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The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-235140MYS8-00-005300SV-235140r961047_ruleCCI-000206high
Description
The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Normally, with PKI authentication, the interaction with the user for authentication will be handled by a software component separate from the Database Management System (DBMS), such as ActivIdentity ActivClient. However, in cases where the DBMS controls the interaction, this requirement applies. To prevent the compromise of authentication information such as passwords and PINs during the authentication process, the feedback from the system must not provide any information that would allow an unauthorized user to compromise the authentication mechanism. Obfuscation of user-provided authentication secrets when typed into the system is a method used in addressing this risk. Displaying asterisks when a user types in a password or a smart card PIN is an example of obscuring feedback of authentication secrets. For mysql tools, which can accept a plain-text password, and any other essential tool with the same limitation: 1) Document the need for it, who uses it, and any relevant mitigations, and obtain Authorizing Official (AO) approval 2) Train all users of the tool in the importance of not using the plain-text password option and in how to keep the password hidden by using the "-p" without the password option. The user will then be prompted and the password obfuscated. 3) Make use of OS pluggable password manager integration to protect passwords using keyrings
STIGDate
Oracle MySQL 8.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-09-04

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (5) 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.

IAC-02Identification & Authentication for Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-03Identification & Authentication for Non-Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-04Identification & Authentication for Devices
1.00
IAC-05Identification & Authentication for Third-Party Technology Assets, Applications and/or Services (TAAS)
1.00
IAC-11Authenticator Feedback
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (42) 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.

AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 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.

3.5.11
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000206
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.AA-01
1.00

Who does this work

6 NICE work roles and 5 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-235140r961047_chk)

If all interaction with the user for purposes of authentication is handled by a software component separate from the MySQL Database Server 8.0, this is not a finding. If any application, tool, or feature associated with the MySQL Database Server 8.0/database displays any authentication secrets (to include PINs and passwords) during or after the authentication process, this is a finding. MySQL command line option --password (or -p) obscures feedback on the typed in password. Ensure users are trained to use alternatives to command line password parameters, if they are not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38322r623541_fix)

Modify and configure each non-compliant application, tool, or feature associated with the MySQL Database Server 8.0/database so that it does not display authentication secrets. Use -p (--password) without providing a password for the mysql command line tool. Configure or modify applications to prohibit display of passwords in clear text. Use OS pluggable password manager integration to protect passwords using keyrings. Following is an example: $ /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -uroot -p Enter password: $ mysqlsh --user=user --password Please provide the password for 'user@localhost':