Details

Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords during transmission. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised.

Application servers have the capability to utilize either certificates (tokens) or user IDs and passwords in order to authenticate. When the application server transmits or receives passwords, the passwords must be encrypted.

Solution

Configure the LDAP Security Realm using default settings that sets ‘allow-empty-values’ to false. LDAP Security Realm creation is described in section 11.9 -Add an LDAP Security Realm in the JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform-6.3-Administration_and_Configuration_Guide-en-US document.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_JBoss_EAP_6-3_V2R2_STIG.zip

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

References

• 800-53|IA-5(1)(c)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000197
• Rule-ID|SV-213532r615939_rule
• STIG-ID|JBOS-AS-000305
• STIG-Legacy|SV-76781
• STIG-Legacy|V-62291
• Vuln-ID|V-213532

Source

• Tenable.com/audits