Details
Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously.
Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.
Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed, downloaded, or executed on all endpoints (e.g., servers, workstations, and smart phones). This requirement applies to applications that execute, evaluate, or otherwise process mobile code (e.g., web applications, browsers, and anti-virus applications).
Solution
Navigate to the system-level ‘deployment.properties’ file for JRE.
/etc/.java/deployment/deployment.properties
Add the key ‘deployment.security.blacklist.check=true’ to the deployment.properties file.
Add the key ‘deployment.security.blacklist.check.locked’ to the deployment.properties file.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.
References
- 800-53|SC-18(3)
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-001169
- Rule-ID|SV-81413r1_rule
- STIG-ID|JRE8-UX-000110
- Vuln-ID|V-66923