STIGQter: STIG Summary: Tanium 7.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 27 July 2018:

The Tanium max_soap_sessions_per_user setting must be explicitly enabled to limit the number of simultaneous sessions.

DISA Rule

SV-93435r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-78729

Group Title

SRG-APP-000001

Rule Version

TANS-SV-000046

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000054 - The information system limits the number of concurrent sessions for each organization-defined account and/or account type to an organization-defined number of sessions.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to Tanium, access the Tanium web UI and log on with CAC.

Click on the navigation button (hamburger menu) on the top left of the console and then click on "Administration".

Select the "Global Settings" tab.

Click on "New Setting".

In "New System Setting" dialog box enter "max_soap_sessions_per_user" for "Setting Name:".

Work with a Tanium Technical Account Manager (TAM) for a proper value, and enter this for the "Setting Value:".

Select "Server" from "Affects" drop-down list.

Select "Numeric" from "Value Type" drop-down list.

Click "Save".

Add this setting to the system documentation for validation.

Check Contents

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to Tanium, access the Tanium web user interface (UI) and log on with CAC.

Click on the navigation button (hamburger menu) on the top left of the console.

Click on "Administration".

Select the "Global Settings" tab.

In the "Show Settings Containing:" search box type "max_soap_sessions_per_user".

Click "Enter".

If no results are returned, this is a finding.

If results are returned for "max_soap_sessions_per_user", but the value is not the value defined in the system documentation, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-78729

Documentable

False

Rule Version

TANS-SV-000046

Severity Override Guidance

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to Tanium, access the Tanium web user interface (UI) and log on with CAC.

Click on the navigation button (hamburger menu) on the top left of the console.

Click on "Administration".

Select the "Global Settings" tab.

In the "Show Settings Containing:" search box type "max_soap_sessions_per_user".

Click "Enter".

If no results are returned, this is a finding.

If results are returned for "max_soap_sessions_per_user", but the value is not the value defined in the system documentation, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3215

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