Details

Java Web Start (JWS) applications are the most commonly used. Denying these applications could be detrimental to the user experience. Whitelisting, blacklisting, and signing of applications help mitigate the risk of running JWS applications.

Solution

Navigate to the system-level ‘deployment.properties’ file for JRE.

The location of the deployment.properties file is defined in Libdeployment.config

Add the key ‘deployment.webjava.enabled=true’ to the deployment.properties file.

Add the key ‘deployment.webjava.enabled.locked’ to the deployment.properties file.

Note: If JWS is not enabled, this requirement is NA.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_JRE_Windows_V2R1_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000366
• Rule-ID|SV-234687r617446_rule
• STIG-ID|JRE8-WN-000070
• STIG-Legacy|SV-81437
• STIG-Legacy|V-66947
• Vuln-ID|V-234687

Source

• Tenable.com/audits