KNOX-07-012300 - The Samsung Android 7 with Knox must implement the management setting: Install DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates.

Information

DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates are used to verify the authenticity of PKI certificates of users and web services. If the root and intermediate certificates are not available, an adversary could falsely sign a certificate in such a way that it could not be detected. Providing access to the DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates greatly diminishes the risk of this attack.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

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Solution

Configure the Samsung Android 7 with Knox to install DoD root and intermediate certificates.

On the MDM console, add the PEM encoded representations of the DoD root and intermediate certificates to the certificate whitelist in the "Android Certificate" rule.

The current DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates may be obtained in self-extracting zip files at http://iase.disa.mil/pki-pke (for NIPRNet) or
http://iase.rel.disa.smil.mil/pki-pke/function_pages/tools.html (for SIPRNet).

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Samsung_Android_OS_7_with_Knox_2-x_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-91269r1_rule, STIG-ID|KNOX-07-012300, Vuln-ID|V-76573

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 2a595317aab928bec90409e73fc052bdef0f1eb45c01feb58ad0fb9b2d5e13af