Title

For environments requiring an Internet-facing capability, the SharePoint application server upon which Central Administration is installed must not be installed in the DMZ. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to the information. SharePoint Central Administrator is a powerful management tool used to administer the farm. This server should be installed on a trusted network segment. This server should be used to run required services rather than user-oriented web applications.

Check Content

1. Inspect the logical location of the server farm web front end servers on a network diagram. 2. Verify the Central Administration site is not installed on a server located in a DMZ or other publicly accessible segment of the network. 3. Mark as a finding if Central Administrator is installed on a publicly facing SharePoint server.

Fix Text

Remove the application server from the DMZ.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-36120r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-28217

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Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.