Title

The Tanium documentation identifying recognized and trusted Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) feeds must be maintained. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

OVAL XML documents are provided from several possible sources such as the Community Intercomparison Suite (CIS) open-source repository and vendor/third-party paid repositories. These documents are used to automate the passive validation of vulnerabilities on systems and therefore require a reasonable level of confidence in their origin. Nonapproved OVAL definitions lead to a false sense of security when evaluating an enterprise environment.

Check Content

Consult with the Tanium system administrator to review the documented list of trusted OVAL feeds. If the site does not have the "Tanium Comply" module or does not use "Tanium Comply" for passive vulnerability scanning, this finding is not applicable. If the site does use "Tanium Comply" and the source for OVAL content is not documented, this is a finding.

Fix Text

If the site does not have the "Tanium Comply" module or does not use "Tanium Comply" for passive vulnerability scanning, this finding is not applicable. Prepare and maintain documentation identifying the source of OVAL feeds that will be used by the "Tanium Comply" module.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-253868r997290_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-253868

Group Title: SRG-APP-000039

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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