F5BI-AS-000159 - To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP ASM module must be configured to prevent code injection attacks launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

Information

Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to prevent attacks launched against organizational information from unauthorized data mining may result in the compromise of information.

Injection attacks allow an attacker to inject code into a program or query or inject malware into a computer to execute remote commands that can read or modify a database or change data on a website. These attacks include buffer overrun, XML, JavaScript, and HTML injections.

Compliance requires the ALG to have the capability to prevent code injections. Examples include Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or database application gateways.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

If the BIG-IP ASM module is used to support content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality of the BIG-IP Core, configure the BIG-IP ASM module to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_F5_BIG-IP_11-x_Y20M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-4(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002346, Rule-ID|SV-74507r1_rule, STIG-ID|F5BI-AS-000159, Vuln-ID|V-60077

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