Title

To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must prevent code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to detect attacks that use unauthorized data mining techniques to attack applications may result in the compromise of information. Injection attacks allow an attacker to inject code into a program or query or inject malware onto a computer to execute remote commands that can read or modify a database, or change data on a website. These attacks include buffer overrun, XML, JavaScript, and HTML injections. IDPS component(s) with the capability to prevent code injections must be included in the IDPS implementation to protect against unauthorized data mining. These components must include rules and anomaly detection algorithms to monitor for atypical database queries or accesses.

Check Content

Verify the IDPS prevents code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code. If the IDPS does not prevent code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the IDPS to prevent code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-69645r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-55399

Group Title: SRG-NET-000318-IDPS-00182

Expert Comments

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