STIGUI
V-204969CAT II — Medium severitySV-204969r396042_rule

The ALG must generate error messages that provide the information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

Rule version SRG-NET-000273-ALG-000129 · STIG v2 · 2026-05-23

Discussion

Providing too much information in error messages risks compromising the data and security of the application and system.

Organizations carefully consider the structure/content of error messages. The required information within error messages will vary based on the protocol and error condition. Information that could be exploited by adversaries includes, for example, ICMP messages that reveal the use of firewalls or access-control lists.

Check

Verify the ALG generates error messages that provide the information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

If the ALG does not generate error messages that provide the information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the ALG to generate error messages that provide the information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-204969
Group title
SRG-NET-000273
Rule ID
SV-204969r396042_rule
Check ID
C-5237r396040_chk
Fix ID
F-5237r396041_fix