Title

The DoD Root Certificate must be installed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

To ensure secure DoD websites and DoD signed code are properly validated, the system must trust the DoD Root CA 2. The DOD root certificate will ensure that the trust chain is established for server certificates issued from the DOD CA.

Check Content

Verify the DoD Root CA 2 certificate is installed as a Trusted Root Certification Authority using the Certificates MMC snap-in. Run “MMC” Select “File”, “Add/Remove Snap-in…” Click “Add…” Select “Certificates”, click “Add” Select “Computer account”, click “Next” Select “Local computer: (the computer this console is running on)”, click “Finish” Click “Close” Click “OK” Expand “Certificates” and navigate to “Trusted Root Certification Authorities\Certificates” Search for “DoD Root CA 2” under “Issued To” in the center pane If there is no entry for “DoD Root CA 2” this is a finding. Select DoD Root CA 2 Right click and select “Open” Select the “Details” Tab Scroll to the bottom and select “Thumbprint Algorithm” Verify the Value is “sha1”, If the value for “Thumbprint Algorithm” is not “sha1” this is a finding. Next select “Thumbprint” If the value for the “Thumbprint” field is not “8C:94:1B:34:EA:1E:A6:ED:9A:E2:BC:54:CF:68:72:52:B4:C9:B5:61” this is a finding. The thumbprint referenced applies to NIPRNet, see PKE documentation for other networks.

Fix Text

Install the DoD Root CA 2 certificate. The InstallRoot tool is available on IASE at http://iase.disa.mil/pki-pke/function_pages/tools.html.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-42589r3_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-32272

Group Title: WINPK-000001 DoD Root Certificate

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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