Title

To protect against unauthorized data mining, the TPS must prevent code injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields. (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 databases 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. Web applications frequently access databases to store, retrieve, and update information. An attacker can construct inputs that the database will execute. This is most commonly referred to as a code injection attack. This type of attack includes XPath and LDAP injections. TPS component(s) with the capability to prevent code injections must be included in the TPS 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

1. In the Trend Micro SMS, navigate to "Profiles" and "Inspection Profiles" and select the organization's profile. 2. If there is not one configured, select "Default". 3. Click "Search". 4. Under "Filter criteria", select all "Filter categories". Select the "Filter Name" section and type "database". If the filter settings are not set for each to "Use Category Settings" or there are filter items disabled that are outside of recommended Trend Micro settings, this is a finding. Note: If the site has set up a security profile (i.e., not using the default profile), then this should be inspected using the site's SSP for compliance.

Fix Text

1. In the Trend Micro SMS, navigate to "Profiles" and "Inspection Profiles" and select the organization's profile. 2. If there is not one configured, select "Default". 3. Click "Search". 4. Under "Filter criteria", select all "Filter categories". Select the "Filter Name" section and type "database". 5. Ensure all items in the search results have "Use Category Settings" selected. Note: If the site has set up a security profile (i.e., not using the default profile), then this should be inspected using the site's SSP for compliance.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-242167r856969_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-242167

Group Title: SRG-NET-000318-IDPS-00068

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