Title

Development systems must be part of a patch management solution and all systems must be up to date. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

Major software vendors release security patches and hotfixes to their products when security vulnerabilities are discovered. It is essential that these updates be applied in a timely manner to prevent unauthorized individuals from exploiting identified vulnerabilities.

Check Content

Determine whether the organization has a patch management solution in place to apply security patches released by the vendor, and that all systems are up to date. If a patch management solution has not been implemented and is not functioning to update development systems with the latest patches, or all systems are not up to date, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Implement a patch management solution to keep development systems up to date with the latest security patches released by the vendor.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-51298r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-39440

Group Title: ENTD0100 - A patch management solution is not implemented for development systems and all systems that are not up to date.

Expert Comments

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