Check: CAGW-GW-000200
CA API Gateway ALG STIG:
CAGW-GW-000200
(in version v1 r2)
Title
The CA API Gateway providing intermediary services for remote access communications traffic must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect the integrity of remote access sessions. (Cat II impact)
Discussion
Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote access is access to DoD-nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include broadband and wireless connections. Remote access methods include, for example, proxied remote encrypted traffic (e.g., TLS gateways, web content filters, and webmail proxies). Cryptographic mechanisms used for protecting the integrity of information include, for example, signed hash functions using asymmetric cryptography enabling distribution of the public key to verify the hash information while maintaining the confidentiality of the secret key used to generate the hash. The CA API Gateway uses the RSA BSAFE Crypto-J Software Module, which is validated to FIPS 140-2 Overall Level 1 when operated in FIPS mode. FIPS mode is not enabled by default and must be enabled.
Check Content
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager. Select "Manage Cluster-Wide Properties" from the "Tasks" menu. If the "security.fips.enabled" property is not listed or is set to false, this is a finding. Additionally, select Tasks >> Manage Listen Ports and double-click on each SSL listen port. Verify that no SSL versions are selected, TLS 1.0 is not selected, and only TLS 1.1, 1.2, and above are selected. Verify that each Enabled Cipher Suites with a checkmark is included in NIST SP 800-52 section 3.3.2 Cipher Suites (or Appendix C if applicable). If it is not, this is a finding.
Fix Text
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager. Select "Manage Cluster-Wide Properties" from the "Tasks" menu. Click "Add" and select "security.fips.enabled" from the Key: drop-down list. Set the value to "true" and click "OK". API Gateway version 8.3 and later will automatically deselect TLS 1.0. For version 8.2 and prior, select Tasks >> Manage Listen Ports, double-click on each SSL listen port, select the SSL/TLS settings, deselect TLS 1.0, and select TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2. Verify that each Enabled Cipher Suites with a checkmark is included in NIST SP 800-52 section 3.3.2 Cipher Suites (or Appendix C if applicable).
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-85949r2_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-71325
Group Title: SRG-NET-000063-ALG-000012
Expert Comments
CCIs
Number | Definition |
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CCI-001453 |
The information system implements cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of remote access sessions. |
Controls
Number | Title |
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AC-17 (2) |
Protection Of Confidentiality / Integrity Using Encryption |