Details
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 databases 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. Web applications frequently access databases to store, retrieve, and update information. An attacker can construct inputs that the database will execute. This is most commonly referred to as a code injection attack. This type of attack includes XPath and LDAP 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 ASM module is used to support content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality of the BIG-IP Core, configure the BIG-IP ASM module to detect code injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields.
Supportive Information
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This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system F5.
References
- 800-53|AC-23
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-002347
- Rule-ID|SV-74511r1_rule
- STIG-ID|F5BI-AS-000163
- Vuln-ID|V-60081