WBSP-AS-001460 - The WebSphere Application Server personal certificates in all keystores must be issued by an approved DoD CA.

Information

Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established.

The DoD will only accept PKI certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of SSL/TLS certificates. The application server must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification.

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

Solution

Utilize DoD certificates that have been issued by an approved DoD PKI CA.

To replace a non-DoD PKI-established certificate:
From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL Certificates and Key Management >> KeyStores and Certificates.

For each keystores that requires the change:
Import a new certificate by clicking 'Import'.

Click 'keystore' file.

Enter the location of the new certificate.

Specify the type of keystore and keystore password.

Specify alias information.

Click 'Apply'.

After the certificate is imported, click on 'Replace' to replace the original certificate with the new certificate.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_IBM_WebSphere_Traditional_V9-x_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-23(5), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002470, Rule-ID|SV-96089r1_rule, STIG-ID|WBSP-AS-001460, Vuln-ID|V-81375

Plugin: Unix

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