Details

Remote management access is accomplished by leveraging common communication protocols and establishing a remote connection to the application server via a network for the purposes of managing the application server. If cryptography is not used, then the session data traversing the remote connection could be intercepted and compromised.

Types of management interfaces utilized by an application server include web-based HTTPS interfaces as well as command line-based management interfaces.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000014-AS-000009, SRG-APP-000172-AS-000120, SRG-APP-000158-AS-000108

Solution

From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Global Security.

Expand ‘Web and SIP security’.

Click on ‘Single sign-on (SSO)’.

Select ‘Requires SSL’.

Click ‘OK’.

Click ‘Save’.

Restart the DMGR and all the JVMs.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

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

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control, Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-17(2)
• 800-53|IA-3
• 800-53|IA-5(1)(c)
• CAT|I
• CCI|CCI-000068
• CCI|CCI-000197
• CCI|CCI-000778
• Rule-ID|SV-95933r1_rule
• STIG-ID|WBSP-AS-000180
• Vuln-ID|V-81219

Source

• Tenable.com/audits