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V-219830CAT I — High severitySV-219830r961863_rule

The Oracle REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT parameter must be set to FALSE.

Rule version O121-BP-021900 · STIG v3 · 2025-02-12

Discussion

Setting this value to TRUE allows operating system authentication over an unsecured connection. Trusting remote operating systems can allow a user to impersonate another operating system user and connect to the database without having to supply a password. If REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT is set to true, the only information a remote user needs to connect to the database is the name of any user whose account is setup to be authenticated by the operating system.

Check

From SQL*Plus:

select value from v$parameter where name = 'remote_os_authent';

If the value returned does not equal FALSE, this is a finding.

Fix

Document remote OS authentication in the System Security Plan.

If not required or not mitigated to an acceptable level, disable remote OS authentication.

From SQL*Plus:

alter system set remote_os_authent = FALSE scope = spfile;

The above SQL*Plus command will set the parameter to take effect at next system startup.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-219830
Group title
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
Rule ID
SV-219830r961863_rule
Check ID
C-21541r533029_chk
Fix ID
F-21540r533030_fix