The ALG providing content filtering must block or restrict detected prohibited mobile code.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-204976	SRG-NET-000288-ALG-000109	SV-204976r396063_rule		Medium

Description

Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. This applies to mobile code that may originate either internal to or external from the enclave. Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. Mobile code which must be blocked or restricted is identified in CCI-001166.

STIG	Date
Application Layer Gateway Security Requirements Guide	2024-12-04

Details

Check Text (C-5244r396061_chk)

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

Verify the ALG blocks or restricts detected prohibited mobile code.

If the ALG does not block or restrict detected prohibited mobile code, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-5244r396062_fix)

If the ALG performs content filtering as part of the traffic management functionality, configure the ALG to block or restrict detected prohibited mobile code.