STIGQter: STIG Summary: F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 11.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 23 Oct 2020:

To protect against data mining, the BIG-IP Core implementation providing content filtering must be configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

DISA Rule

SV-215774r557356_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215774

Group Title

SRG-NET-000318-ALG-000151

Rule Version

F5BI-LT-000159

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002346 - The organization employs organization-defined data mining prevention techniques for organization-defined data storage objects to adequately protect against data mining.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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 prevent code injection attacks from 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 prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

Check Contents

If the BIG-IP Core does not perform content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality for virtual servers, this is not applicable.

When content filtering is performed as part of the traffic management functionality, verify the BIG-IP Core is configured as follows:

Verify Virtual Server(s) in the BIG-IP LTM module are configured with an ASM policy to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs, and application code and application.

Navigate to the BIG-IP System manager >> Local Traffic >> Virtual Servers >> Virtual Servers List tab.

Select Virtual Servers(s) from the list to verify.

Navigate to the Security >> Policies tab.

Verify that "Application Security Policy" is Enabled and "Policy" is set to use an ASM policy to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

If the BIG-IP Core is not configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215774

Documentable

False

Rule Version

F5BI-LT-000159

Severity Override Guidance

If the BIG-IP Core does not perform content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality for virtual servers, this is not applicable.

When content filtering is performed as part of the traffic management functionality, verify the BIG-IP Core is configured as follows:

Verify Virtual Server(s) in the BIG-IP LTM module are configured with an ASM policy to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs, and application code and application.

Navigate to the BIG-IP System manager >> Local Traffic >> Virtual Servers >> Virtual Servers List tab.

Select Virtual Servers(s) from the list to verify.

Navigate to the Security >> Policies tab.

Verify that "Application Security Policy" is Enabled and "Policy" is set to use an ASM policy to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

If the BIG-IP Core is not configured to prevent code injection attacks from being launched against application objects, including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4019

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