F5BI-LT-000167 - The BIG-IP Core implementation must be configured to detect code injection attacks being 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 detect attacks launched against organizational applications 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.

ALGs with anomaly detection must be configured to protect against unauthorized code injections. These devices must include rules and anomaly detection algorithms to monitor for atypical database queries or accesses. 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 Core performs content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality, configure the BIG-IP Core as follows:

Configure a policy in the BIG-IP ASM module to detect code injection attacks being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

Apply ASM policy to the applicable Virtual Server(s) in BIG-IP LTM module to detect code injection attacks being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, when providing content filtering to virtual servers.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_F5_BIG-IP_Y24M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-23, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002347, Rule-ID|SV-215778r831466_rule, STIG-ID|F5BI-LT-000167, STIG-Legacy|SV-74767, STIG-Legacy|V-60337, Vuln-ID|V-215778

Plugin: F5

Control ID: 4cb83dd35761194455bf14eb2f83e43773cdc2cb38382c392448920b2a4617b3