MADB-10-008400 - MariaDB must use NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with the data owner's requirements.

Information

Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated.

It is the responsibility of the data owner to assess the cryptography requirements in light of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

NSA-approved cryptography for classified networks is hardware based. This requirement addresses the compatibility of MariaDB with the encryption devices.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the DBMS and related system components to use NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

Configure MariaDB to use TLS.

Details for this procedure can be found here:
https://mariadb.com/docs/security/encryption/in-transit/enable-tls-server/

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MariaDB_Enterprise_10-x_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-13, CAT|I, CCI|CCI-002450, Rule-ID|SV-253737r962034_rule, STIG-ID|MADB-10-008400, Vuln-ID|V-253737

Plugin: MySQLDB

Control ID: 05c1f452c50fe97f47192045f1724cd791b9a95f4c8c7a5450eb90f7db0aa7f3