JRE8-WN-000160 - Oracle JRE 8 must lock the option to enable users to check publisher certificates for revocation - deployment.security.revocation.check

Information

Certificates may be revoked due to improper issuance, compromise of the certificate, and failure to adhere to policy. Therefore, any certificate found revoked on a CRL or via Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) should not be trusted. Permitting execution of an applet published with a revoked certificate may result in spoofing, malware, system modification, invasion of privacy, and denial of service.

Ensuring users cannot change these settings assures a more consistent security profile.

Solution

If the system is on the SIPRNet, this requirement is NA.

Navigate to the system-level 'deployment.properties' file for JRE.

The location of the deployment.properties file is defined in <JRE Installation Directory>\Lib\deployment.config

Add the key 'deployment.security.revocation.check=ALL_CERTIFICATES' to the deployment.properties file.

Add the key 'deployment.security.revocation.check.locked' to the deployment.properties file.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_JRE_Windows_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(2)(d), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001991, Rule-ID|SV-234695r617446_rule, STIG-ID|JRE8-WN-000160, STIG-Legacy|SV-81213, STIG-Legacy|V-66723, Vuln-ID|V-234695

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 0683d53c5b9b9f55c8afad3232fd2ce6576f584d9eafa7187506dc4e99c39bf2