Title

Tanium Comply must be configured to receive Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) feeds only from trusted sources. (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

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication. 2. Click "Modules" on the top navigation banner. 3. Click "Comply". 4. Expand the left menu. 5. Under "Standards", click "Vulnerability". 6. Verify all imported vulnerability sources are from a documented trusted source. If any vulnerability sources are found that do not come from a documented trusted source, this is a finding.

Fix Text

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web UI and log on with multifactor authentication. 2. Click "Modules" on the top navigation banner. 3. Click "Comply". 4. Expand the left menu. 5. Under "Standards", click "Vulnerability". 6. Delete any vulnerability sources configured to nontrusted sources or reconfigure them to point to trusted sources.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-253870r997292_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-253870

Group Title: SRG-APP-000039

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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