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V-204965

CAT II (Medium)

The ALG providing content filtering must block malicious code upon detection.

Rule ID

SV-204965r396030_rule

STIG

Application Layer Gateway Security Requirements Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-001243

Discussion

Taking an appropriate action based on local organizational incident handling procedures minimizes the impact of this code on the network. This requirement is limited to ALGs web content filters and packet inspection firewalls; that perform malicious code detection as part of their functionality.

Check Content

If the ALG does not perform content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality, this is not applicable.

Verify the ALG blocks malicious code upon detection.

If the ALG does not block malicious code when detected, this is a finding.

Fix Text

If the ALG performs content filtering as part of its traffic management functionality, configure the ALG to block malicious code upon detection.