The VMM must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-207392 | SRG-OS-000112-VMM-000560 | SV-207392r958494_rule | CCI-001941 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the VMM. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the VMM validating the user credentials must not be vulnerable to a replay attack. An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message. A privileged account is any VMM account with authorizations of a privileged user. Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide | 2024-12-06 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-207392r958494_chk)
Verify the VMM implements replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
If it does not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-7649r365587_fix)
Configure the VMM to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.