O112-C2-015300 - The DBMS, when utilizing PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by constructing a certification path with status information to an accepted trust anchor.

Information

A trust anchor is an authoritative entity represented via a public key and associated data. It is used in the context of public key infrastructures, X.509 digital certificates, and DNSSEC.

When there is a chain of trust, usually the top entity to be trusted becomes the trust anchor. For example, it can be a Certification Authority (CA). A certification path starts with the Subject certificate and proceeds through a number of intermediate certificates up to a trusted root certificate, typically issued by a trusted CA.

Path validation is necessary for a relying party to make an informed trust decision when presented with any certificate not already explicitly trusted.

Status information for certification paths includes certificate revocation lists or online certificate status protocol responses.

Database Management Systems that do not validate certificates to a trust anchor are in danger of accepting certificates that are invalid and/or counterfeit. This could allow unauthorized access to the database.

Solution

Configure the DBMS to validate certificates by constructing a certification path with status information to an accepted trust anchor.

Configure the database to support Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols and the Oracle Wallet to store authentication and signing credentials including private keys.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Database_11-2g_V2R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(2)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000185, Rule-ID|SV-219775r961038_rule, STIG-ID|O112-C2-015300, STIG-Legacy|SV-66509, STIG-Legacy|V-52293, Vuln-ID|V-219775

Plugin: Unix

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