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Sybase
Adaptive Server Enterprise
Security Target
Version 1.0
12/31/2004
Prepared for:
Sybase, Inc.
One Sybase Drive
Dublin, CA 94568
Prepared By:
Science Applications International Corporation
Common Criteria Testing Laboratory
7125 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 300
Columbia, MD 21046
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1. SECURITY TARGET INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................4
1.1 SECURITY TARGET, TOE AND CC IDENTIFICATION .......................................................................................4
1.2 CONFORMANCE CLAIMS.................................................................................................................................4
1.3 CONVENTIONS, TERMINOLOGY, ACRONYMS..................................................................................................4
1.3.1 Conventions ...........................................................................................................................................5
1.3.2 Acronyms ...............................................................................................................................................5
2. TOE DESCRIPTION..........................................................................................................................................6
2.1 TOE OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................6
2.2 TOE ARCHITECTURE......................................................................................................................................7
2.2.1 Physical Boundaries ..............................................................................................................................8
2.2.2 Logical Boundaries................................................................................................................................8
2.3 TOE DOCUMENTATION................................................................................................................................10
3. SECURITY ENVIRONMENT.........................................................................................................................11
3.1 ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES.........................................................................................................................11
3.2 THREATS ......................................................................................................................................................11
3.3 ASSUMPTIONS ..............................................................................................................................................12
4. SECURITY OBJECTIVES ..............................................................................................................................13
4.1 SECURITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE TOE...........................................................................................................13
4.2 SECURITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE IT ENVIRONMENT......................................................................................14
4.3 SECURITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT...........................................................................................14
5. IT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................................15
5.1 TOE SECURITY FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................15
5.1.1 Security audit (FAU)............................................................................................................................16
5.1.2 User data protection (FDP).................................................................................................................18
5.1.3 Identification and authentication (FIA)...............................................................................................19
5.1.4 Security management (FMT) ...............................................................................................................20
5.1.5 Protection of the TSF (FPT) ................................................................................................................21
5.1.6 Resource utilization (FRU)..................................................................................................................21
5.1.7 TOE access (FTA)................................................................................................................................21
5.2 IT ENVIRONMENT SECURITY FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................21
5.2.1 User data protection (FDP).................................................................................................................22
5.2.2 Protection of the TSF (FPT) ................................................................................................................22
5.3 TOE SECURITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................................22
5.3.1 Configuration management (ACM) .....................................................................................................23
5.3.2 Delivery and operation (ADO) ............................................................................................................24
5.3.3 Development (ADV).............................................................................................................................24
5.3.4 Guidance documents (AGD)................................................................................................................26
5.3.5 Life cycle support (ALC)......................................................................................................................27
5.3.6 Tests (ATE) ..........................................................................................................................................28
5.3.7 Vulnerability assessment (AVA)...........................................................................................................29
6. TOE SUMMARY SPECIFICATION..............................................................................................................31
6.1 TOE SECURITY FUNCTIONS .........................................................................................................................31
6.1.1 Security audit.......................................................................................................................................31
6.1.2 User data protection............................................................................................................................33
6.1.3 Identification and authentication.........................................................................................................38
6.1.4 Security management...........................................................................................................................39
6.1.5 Protection of the TSF...........................................................................................................................40
6.1.6 Resource utilization .............................................................................................................................40
6.1.7 TOE access ..........................................................................................................................................41
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6.2 TOE SECURITY ASSURANCE MEASURES......................................................................................................41
6.2.1 Configuration management .................................................................................................................41
6.2.2 Delivery and operation........................................................................................................................41
6.2.3 Development ........................................................................................................................................42
6.2.4 Guidance documents............................................................................................................................43
6.2.5 Life cycle support.................................................................................................................................44
6.2.6 Tests.....................................................................................................................................................44
6.2.7 Vulnerability assessment......................................................................................................................45
7. PROTECTION PROFILE CLAIMS...............................................................................................................46
8. RATIONALE.....................................................................................................................................................47
8.1 SECURITY OBJECTIVES RATIONALE..............................................................................................................47
8.1.1 Security Objectives Rationale for the TOE and Environment..............................................................47
8.2 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS RATIONALE........................................................................................................52
8.2.1 Security Functional Requirements Rationale ......................................................................................52
8.3 SECURITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RATIONALE....................................................................................57
8.4 STRENGTH OF FUNCTION RATIONALE ..........................................................................................................57
8.5 REQUIREMENT DEPENDENCY RATIONALE....................................................................................................57
8.6 EXPLICITLY STATED REQUIREMENTS RATIONALE........................................................................................59
8.7 TOE SUMMARY SPECIFICATION RATIONALE ...............................................................................................59
8.8 PP CLAIMS RATIONALE................................................................................................................................60
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 TOE Security Functional Components......................................................................................................15
Table 2 TOE Security Audit Events.........................................................................................................................17
Table 3 IT Environment Security Functional Components...................................................................................21
Table 4 EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 Assurance Components.................................................................23
Table 5 Environment to Objective Correspondence ..............................................................................................48
Table 6 Objective to Requirement Correspondence...............................................................................................53
Table 7 Requirement Dependencies.........................................................................................................................59
Table 8 Security Functions vs. Requirements Mapping.........................................................................................60
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1. Security Target Introduction
This section identifies the Security Target (ST) and Target of Evaluation (TOE) identification, ST conventions, ST
conformance claims, and the ST organization. The TOE is Adaptive Server Enterprise provided by Sybase, Inc..
Adaptive Server Enterprise is a relational database management system (RDBMS) server that operates in the context
of a commercial operating system, providing services to local and remote clients via the Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
protocol.
The Security Target contains the following additional sections:
• TOE Description (Section 2)
• Security Environment (Section 3)
• Security Objectives (Section 4)
• IT Security Requirements (Section 5)
• TOE Summary Specification (Section 6)
• Protection Profile Claims (Section 7)
• Rationale (Section 8).
1.1 Security Target, TOE and CC Identification
ST Title – Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Security Target
ST Version – Version 1.0
ST Date – 12/31/2004
TOE Identification – Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Version 12.5.2
CC Identification – Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 2.1, August 1999,
ISO/IEC 15408.
1.2 Conformance Claims
This TOE is conformant to the following CC specifications:
• Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Part 2: Security functional
requirements, Version 2.1, August 1999, ISO/IEC 15408-2.
• Part 2 Extended
• Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Part 3: Security assurance
requirements, Version 2.1, August 1999, ISO/IEC 15408-3.
• Part 3 Conformant
• EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2
1.3 Conventions, Terminology, Acronyms
This section specifies the formatting information used in the Security Target.
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1.3.1 Conventions
The following conventions have been applied in this document:
• Security Functional Requirements – Part 2 of the CC defines the approved set of operations that may be
applied to functional requirements: iteration, assignment, selection, and refinement.
o Iteration: allows a component to be used more than once with varying operations. In the ST,
iteration is indicated by a letter in parenthesis placed at the end of the component. For example
FDP_ACC.1a and FDP_ACC.1b indicate that the ST includes two iterations of the FDP_ACC.1
requirement, a and b.
o Assignment: allows the specification of an identified parameter. Assignments are indicated using
bold and are surrounded by brackets (e.g., [assignment]).
o Selection: allows the specification of one or more elements from a list. Selections are indicated
using bold italics and are surrounded by brackets (e.g., [selection]).
o Refinement: allows the addition of details. Refinements are indicated using bold, for additions,
and strike-through, for deletions (e.g., “… all objects …” or “… some big things …”).
• Explicit Security Functional Requirements are identified with the following symbol suffix: “_EXP”, for
example FTA_MCS_EXP.
• Other sections of the ST – Other sections of the ST use bolding to highlight text of special interest, such as
captions.
1.3.2 Acronyms
• ACL – Access Control List
• ASE - Adaptive Server Enterprise
• CM – Configuration Management
• DAC – Discretionary Access Control
• DBMS – Database Management System
• DBO – Database Owner
• DDL – Data Definition Language
• DML – Data Manipulation Language
• IT – Information Technology
• PP – Protection Profile
• RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
• SAR – Security Assurance Requirement
• SFR – Security Functional Requirement
• SQL – Standard Query Language
• SUID – Server-wide User Identifier
• ST – Security Target
• TBO – Table Owner
• TDS – Tabular Data Stream
• TOE – Target of Evaluation
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• TSF – TOE Security Functions
• TSP – TOE Security Policy
• UID – Database-specific User Identifier
2. TOE Description
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) is Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Version 12.5.2, configured and operated
according to the guidance documents identified later in this Security Target.
Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a Database Management System (DBMS) designed to execute as a set of
applications in the context of commercially available operating systems, specifically Microsoft Windows 2000
(SP4), Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Sun Solaris version 8, (32- and 64-bit), IBM AIX 5L (32- and 64-bit),
Hewlett-Packard HP-UX 11i (32- and 64-bit), Linux AS 2.1, and Silicon Graphics IRIX version 6.5.13 (32- and 64-
bit).
2.1 TOE Overview
The ASE Server runs as an application on top of an operating system and depends on the services exported by the
operating system to function. ASE uses operating system services for process creation and manipulation; device and
file processing; shared memory creation and manipulation; and security requests such as inter-process
communication. The hardware upon which the operating system runs is completely transparent to ASE - ASE sees
only the operating system’s user interfaces.
The ASE Server is one or more operating system processes that service client requests. Multiple processes can be
configured to enhance performance on multiprocessor systems. An ASE process has two distinct components, a
DBMS component and a kernel component. The DBMS component manages the processing of SQL statements
(data manipulation language - DML, data definition language - DDL, stored procedures and administrative
commands), accesses data in a database, and manages different types of Server resources. The kernel component
performs low-level functions for the DBMS component, such as task and engine management; network and disk I/O;
and low-level memory management. Note that the TDS engine, that part of ASE that processes a TDS request, also
uses the kernel component for low-level services.
All of the ASE processes attach to one or more shared memory segments. The shared memory contains data
structures that relate to task management and operating system services, caches of database buffers, object
descriptors, and other resources (e.g., other caches, queues, and stream I/O buffers) required to manage and process
database commands.
Each client is associated with its own ASE task. In addition, there are several system tasks that perform specific
services (e.g., tasks to write buffers to disk, tasks to write audit data to disk, and tasks to communicate with the
network.).
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Figure 1 Target of Evaluation
2.2 TOE Architecture
The components that make up the majority of the Target of Evaluation (TOE) are depicted in Figure 1. The
components are:
• Engine - an operating system process that is running the ASE executable. Logically there is a single server
that may consist of multiple engines on a multi-processor machine.
• Shared memory - used by the engine(s) to manage shared resources such as tasks, data buffers, etc.
• Operating system files - A number of operating system files are used by the Server for configuration.
• Devices - operating system files or disk partitions used to store the databases (metadata and data) accessed
and managed by the Server.
In addition to the components identified above, the TOE includes an additional program, isql, that provides the
interfaces necessary for TOE administration.
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Figure 2 ASE Interfaces
2.2.1 Physical Boundaries
The only mechanism available to communicate with the ASE Server is the Tabular Data Stream (TDS) Protocol.
This interface is shown in Figure 2.
The TDS protocol is used to request Server services. TDS is used by untrusted client processes, via routines in CT
Library (CTLIB) and jConnect, to communicate with the Server. Administrators interface with the ASE Server via
the isql utility program. isql uses library routines in CTLIB to interface to TDS, which in turn communicates with
the Server over TCP/IP. Note that isql and its supporting libraries is also part of the TOE inasmuch as it provides
required administration functions.
TDS communicates with the Server via messages. The functionality of the Server is reflected by the type of TDS
messages and their contents. TDS is discussed in more detail in the TDS Specification.
2.2.2 Logical Boundaries
The TOE logically supports the following security functions at its interfaces:
• Security audit
• User data protection
• Identification and authentication
• Security Management,
• Protection of the TSF,
• Resource utilization, and
• TOE access
2.2.2.1 Security audit
ASE has an audit mechanism that is invoked for access checks, authentication attempts, administrator functions, and
at other times during its operation. When invoked, the date, time, responsible individual and other details describing
the event are recorded to the audit trail.
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The Audit log is stored as tables within ASE itself so that audit records can be protected from unauthorized access or
modification. Furthermore, the SQL select command provided by ASE can be used by authorized administrators to
effectively review the audit trail, including searching and sorting by user identities and other audit record attributes.
2.2.2.2 User data protection
ASE implements a Discretionary Access Control Policy over applicable database objects - databases, tables, views,
and stored procedures. Note that there are other database objects that are either always private, always public, or are
part of one of the afore-mentioned objects. In each case, the objects each have an owner which is initially the creator
of the object. Object owners have special permissions, while other users can subsequently be granted specific access
permissions based on user identity, group memberships and active roles allowing applicable operations on objects.
ASE also implements a Policy-based Access Control Policy over the content of database tables. This policy controls
access based on Application Contexts of the current subject in conjunction with Access Rules associated with
columns in database tables. This policy effectively allows access to be controlled on very specific and widely
varying information about users.
2.2.2.3 Identification and authentication
ASE provides its own identification and authentication mechanism in addition to the underlying operating system.
Users must provide a valid username and password before they can access any security-related functions. Once
identified and authenticated, all subsequent actions are associated with that user and policy decisions are based on
the users identity, group memberships and active roles.
2.2.2.4 Security management
ASE provides functions necessary to manage users and associated privileges, access permissions, and other security
functions such as audit. The functions are restricted based on Discretionary Access Control Policy rules including
role restrictions. While all of the administrative functions are available through and restricted at the TDS ASE
Server interface, an application (isql) are provided to support ASE administrators.
ASE defines a number of roles, but for the purpose of this security target every role that can manage the behavior of
the applicable security functions is considered an authorized administrator (or trusted user) and all other users are
simply referred to as users (or untrusted users).
2.2.2.5 Protection of the TSF
ASE protects itself and ensures that its policies are enforced in a number of ways. While there is dependence on the
underlying operating system to separate its process constructs, enforce file and memory access restrictions, and to
provide communication services, ASE protects itself by keeping its context separate from that of its users and also
by making effective use of the operating system mechanisms to ensure that memory and files used by ASE have the
appropriate access settings. Furthermore, ASE interacts with users through well-defined interfaces designed to
ensure that the ASE security policies are always enforced.
2.2.2.6 Resource utilization
ASE provides resource limits to help authorized administrators prevent queries and transactions from monopolizing
server resources. Specifically, authorized administrators can configure ASE to prevent queries and transactions that:
exceed estimated or actual I/O costs, return too many rows, exceed the temporary database space allocated, and/or
exceed a specified elapsed time.
2.2.2.7 TOE access
ASE allows authorized administrators to construct login triggers that can be used to restrict logins to a specific
number of sessions and specified times. ASE also allows authorized administrators to restrict access based on user
identities.
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2.3 TOE Documentation
Sybase offers a series of documents that describe the installation process for Adaptive Server Enterprise as well as
guidance for subsequent use and administration of the applicable security features. Refer to Section 6 for
information about these and other documents associated with Adaptive Server Enterprise.
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3. Security Environment
The security environment for the functions addressed by this specification includes threats, security policies, and
usage assumptions, as discussed below.
3.1 Organizational Policies
P.ACCOUNTABILITY The users of the TOE shall be held accountable for their actions within
the TOE.
P.AUTHORIZATION The TOE shall limit the extent of each user’s abilities in accordance with
the TSP.
P.AUTHORIZED_USERS Access controls will ensure that only those users who have been
authorized to access the protected information within the TOE will be
able to do so.
P.I_AND_A All users must be identified and authenticated prior to accessing any
controlled resources with the exception of public objects.
P.NEED_TO_KNOW The TOE must limit the access to information in protected resources to
those authorized users who have a need to know that information.
P.ROLES The TOE shall provide an authorized administrator role for secure
administration of the TOE. This role shall be separate and distinct from
other authorized users.
3.2 Threats
T.ADMIN_ERROR An authorized administrator may incorrectly install or configure the TOE
resulting in ineffective security mechanisms.
T.AUDIT_COMPROMISE A process or user may cause audit data to be inappropriately accessed
(viewed, modified or deleted), or prevent future records from being
recorded, thus masking an attacker’s actions.
T.MASQUERADE An unauthorized user, process, or external IT entity may masquerade as
an authorized entity to gain access to data or TOE resources.
T.RESIDUAL_DATA A user or process may gain unauthorized access to data through
reallocation of TOE resources from one user or process to another.
T.RESOURCE An authenticated database user might consume excessive global
database resources in a way which compromises the ability of other
database users to access the DBMS.
T.SYSACC A malicious process or user may gain unauthorized access to the
authorized administrator account, or that of other trusted personnel.
T.TSF_COMPROMISE A malicious user or process may cause TOE data to be inappropriately
accessed (viewed, modified or deleted).
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T.UNAUTH_ACCESS A user may gain unauthorized access (view, modify, delete) to user data.
T.UNDETECTED_ACTIONS Failure of the IT operating system to detect and record attempts to
perform unauthorized actions may occur.
T.UNIDENTIFIED_ACTIONS Failure of the authorized administrator to identify and act upon attempts
to perform unauthorized actions may occur.
3.3 Assumptions
A.NO_EVIL Authorized administrators are non-hostile, appropriately trained and
follow all administrator guidance.
A.NO_GENERAL_PURPOSE There are no general-purpose computing capabilities (e.g., compilers or
user applications) available on DBMS servers, other than those services
necessary for the operation, administration and support of the DBMS.
A.PHYSICAL It is assumed that appropriate physical security is provided within the
domain for the value of the IT assets protected by the TOE and the value
of the stored, processed, and transmitted information.
A.ROBUST_ENVIRONMENT It is assumed that the IT environment provides support commensurate
with the expectations of the TOE.
A.NETWORK It is assumed that the environment protects network communication
media appropriately.
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4. Security Objectives
This section defines the security objectives for the TOE and its environment. These objectives are suitable to counter
all identified threats and cover all identified organizational security policies and assumptions. The TOE security
objectives are identified with 'O.' inserted at the beginning of the name and the environment objectives are identified
with 'OE.' inserted at the beginning of the name.
4.1 Security Objectives for the TOE
O.ACCESS The TOE will ensure that users gain only authorized access to it and to
the resources that it controls.
O.ADMIN_ROLE The TOE will provide authorized administrator roles to isolate
administrative actions.
O.AUDIT_GENERATION The TOE will provide the capability to detect and create records of
security relevant events associated with users.
O.AUDIT_PROTECTION The TOE will provide the capability to protect audit information.
O.AUDIT_REVIEW The TOE will provide the capability to selectively view audit information.
O.DISCRETIONARY_ACCESS The TOE will control access to resources based upon the identity of
users, roles active in a user session, group membership of users, object
ownership and access control lists.
O.INTERNAL_TOE_DOMAINS The TSF will maintain internal domains for separation of data and
queries belonging to concurrent users.
O.MANAGE The TOE will provide all the functions and facilities necessary to support
the authorized administrators in their management of the security of the
TOE.
O.PROTECT The TOE will provide mechanisms to protect user data and resources.
O.RESIDUAL_INFORMATION The TOE will ensure that any information contained in a protected
resource is not released when the resource is reallocated.
O.RESOURCE The TOE must provide the means of controlling the consumption of
database resources by authorized users of the TOE.
O.TOE_PROTECTION The TOE will protect itself and its assets from external interference or
tampering.
O.USER_AUTHENTICATION The TOE will verify the claimed identity of users.
O.USER_IDENTIFICATION The TOE will uniquely identify users.
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4.2 Security Objectives for the IT Environment
OE.TIME The IT environment will provide a time source that provides reliable time
stamps.
OE.TOE_PROTECTION The IT environment will provide protection to the TOE and its assets from
external interference, tampering, and disclosure.
4.3 Security Objectives for the Environment
OE.CONFIG The TOE will be installed, configured, managed and maintained in
accordance with its guidance documentation and applicable security
policies and procedures by appropriately trained and trusted
administrator personnel.
OE.NO_GENERAL_PURPOSE There will be no general-purpose computing capabilities (e.g., compilers
or user applications) available on DBMS servers, other than those
services necessary for the operation, administration and support of the
DBMS.
OE.PHYSICAL Physical security will be provided within the domain for the value of the
IT assets protected by the TOE and the value of the stored, processed,
and transmitted information.
OE.TRUST_IT Each IT entity the TOE relies on for security functions will be installed,
configured, managed, maintained and provide the applicable security
functions in a manner appropriate to the IT entity, and consistent with the
security policy of the TOE and the relationship between them.
OE.NETWORK The environment must protect network traffic to and from the TOE from
unauthorized disclosure.
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5. IT Security Requirements
This section defines the security functional and security assurance requirements for the TOE and associated IT
environment components. Note that in addition to these requirements, Adaptive Server Enterprise also satisfies a
minimum strength of function ‘SOF-medium’. The only applicable (i.e., probabilistic or permutational) security
functions are FIA_SOS.1, FIA_UAU.2, and FIA_UID.2 which are all levied on the TOE.
5.1 TOE Security Functional Requirements
The following table describes the SFRs that are candidates to be satisfied by Adaptive Server Enterprise.
Requirement Class Requirement Component
FAU_GEN.1: Audit data generation
FAU_GEN.2: User identity association
FAU_SAR.1: Audit review
FAU_SAR.2: Restricted audit review
FAU_SAR.3: Selectable audit review
FAU_SEL.1: Selective audit
FAU_STG.1: Protected audit trail storage
FAU: Security audit
FAU_STG.3: Action in case of possible audit data loss
FDP_ACC.1a: Subset access control
FDP_ACC.1b: Subset access control
FDP_ACF.1a: Security attribute based access control
FDP_ACF.1b: Security attribute based access control
FDP: User data protection
FDP_RIP.2a: Full residual information protection
FIA_AFL.1: Authentication failure handling
FIA_ATD.1: User attribute definition
FIA_SOS.1: Verification of secrets
FIA_UAU.2: User authentication before any action
FIA_UAU.7: Protected authentication feedback
FIA_UID.2: User identification before any action
FIA: Identification and authentication
FIA_USB.1: User-subject binding
FMT_MOF.1: Management of security functions behaviour
FMT_MSA.1: Management of security attributes
FMT_MSA.2: Secure security attributes
FMT_MSA.3: Static attribute initialization
FMT_MTD.1a: Management of TSF data
FMT_MTD.1b: Management of TSF data
FMT_MTD.1c: Management of TSF data
FMT_REV.1a: Revocation
FMT_REV.1b: Revocation
FMT_SMF.1: Specification of Management Functions (per
International Interpretation #65)
FMT: Security management
FMT_SMR.1: Security roles
FPT_RVM.1a: Non-bypassability of the TSP
FPT: Protection of the TSF
FPT_SEP.1a: TSF domain separation
FRU: Resource utilization FRU_RSA.1: Maximum quotas
FTA_MCS_EXP.1: Basic limitation on multiple concurrent
sessions
FTA: TOE access
FTA_TSE.1: TOE session establishment
Table 1 TOE Security Functional Components
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5.1.1 Security audit (FAU)
5.1.1.1 Audit data generation (FAU_GEN.1)
FAU_GEN.1.1 The TSF shall be able to generate an audit record of the following auditable events: a) Start-up and
shutdown of the audit functions; b) All auditable events for the [not specified] level of audit; and
c) [the auditable actions identified in the following table]. (per International Interpretation
#202)
Requirement Component Auditable Action
FAU_GEN.1: Audit data generation None
FAU_GEN.2: User identity association None
FAU_SAR.1: Audit review None
FAU_SAR.2: Restricted audit review None
FAU_SAR.3: Selectable audit review None
FAU_SEL.1: Selective audit All modifications to the audit configuration that
occur while the audit collection functions are
operating.
FAU_STG.1: Protected audit trail storage None
FAU_STG.3: Action in case of possible audit
data loss
None
FDP_ACC.1a: Subset access control None
FDP_ACC.1b: Subset access control None
FDP_ACF.1a: Security attribute based access
control
Attempts to perform an operation on an object
covered by the SFP.
FDP_ACF.1b: Security attribute based access
control
Attempts to perform an operation on an object
covered by the SFP.
FDP_RIP.2a: Full residual information
protection
None
FIA_AFL.1: Authentication failure handling The reaching of the threshold for the unsuccessful
authentication attempts and the actions (e.g.
disabling of a terminal) taken and the subsequent, if
appropriate, restoration to the normal state (e.g. re-
enabling of a terminal).
FIA_ATD.1: User attribute definition None
FIA_SOS.1: Verification of secrets Rejection by the TSF of any tested secret.
FIA_UAU.2: User authentication before any
action
Unsuccessful use of the authentication mechanism.
FIA_UID.2: User identification before any action Unsuccessful use of the user identification
mechanism, including the user identity provided.
FIA_UAU.7: Protected authentication feedback None
FIA_USB.1: User-subject binding Unsuccessful binding of user security attributes to a
subject (e.g. creation of a subject).
FMT_MOF.1: Management of security functions
behaviour
None
FMT_MSA.1: Management of security attributes None
FMT_MSA.2: Secure security attributes All offered and rejected values for a security
attribute.
FMT_MSA.3: Static attribute initialization None
FMT_MTD.1a: Management of TSF data None
FMT_MTD.1b: Management of TSF data None
FMT_MTD.1c: Management of TSF data None
FMT_REV.1a: Revocation None
FMT_REV.1b: Revocation None
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FMT_SMF.1: Specification of Management
Functions
Use of the management functions.
FMT_SMR.1: Security roles Modifications to the group of users that are part of a
role.
FPT_RVM.1a: Non-bypassability of the TSP None
FPT_SEP.1a: TSF domain separation None
FRU_RSA.1: Maximum quotas None
FTA_MCS_EXP.1: Basic limitation on multiple
concurrent sessions
None
FTA_TSE.1: TOE session establishment None
Table 2 TOE Security Audit Events
FAU_GEN.1.2 The TSF shall record within each audit record at least the following information: a) Date and time
of the event, type of event, subject identity, and the outcome (success or failure) of the event; and
b) For each audit event type, based on the auditable event definitions of the functional components
included in the PP/ST, [no additional information]
5.1.1.2 User identity association (FAU_GEN.2)
FAU_GEN.2.1 The TSF shall be able to associate each auditable event with the identity of the user that caused the
event.
5.1.1.3 Audit review (FAU_SAR.1)
FAU_SAR.1.1 The TSF shall provide [the authorized administrator] with the capability to read [all audit
information] from the audit records.
FAU_SAR.1.2 The TSF shall provide the audit records in a manner suitable for the user to interpret the
information.
5.1.1.4 Restricted audit review (FAU_SAR.2)
FAU_SAR.2.1 The TSF shall prohibit all users read access to the audit records, except those users that have been
granted explicit read-access.
5.1.1.5 Selectable audit review (FAU_SAR.3)
FAU_SAR.3.1 The TSF shall provide the ability to perform [searches and sorting] of audit data based on [any
audit record contents].
5.1.1.6 Selective audit (FAU_SEL.1)
FAU_SEL.1.1 The TSF shall be able to include or exclude auditable events from the set of audited events based
on the following attributes: a) [event type and] b) [access attempts by individual users].
5.1.1.7 Protected audit trail storage (FAU_STG.1)
FAU_STG.1.1 The TSF shall protect the stored audit records from unauthorized deletion.
FAU_STG.1.2 The TSF shall be able to [prevent] unauthorized modifications to the audit records in the audit
trail. (per International Interpretations #141 and #202)
5.1.1.8 Action in case of possible audit data loss (FAU_STG.3)
FAU_STG.3.1 The TSF shall take [action to either prevent additional auditable events or discard old audit
records in order to create new records, at the discretion of the authorized administrator] if
the audit trail exceeds [its maximum capacity].
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5.1.2 User data protection (FDP)
5.1.2.1 Subset access control (FDP_ACC.1a)
FDP_ACC.1a.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Discretionary Access Control Policy] on [all database subjects; the
following database objects: databases, tables, views, and stored procedures; and, all
operations on the identified database objects by database subjects].
5.1.2.2 Subset access control (FDP_ACC.1b)
FDP_ACC.1b.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Policy-based Access Control Policy] on [all database subjects; the
following database objects: rows; and, the following database operations on rows by
database subjects: select, update, and delete].
5.1.2.3 Security attribute based access control (FDP_ACF.1a)
FDP_ACF.1a.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Discretionary Access Control Policy] to objects based on the
following: [database subject attributes: user identity, group membership and active roles;
database object attributes: object owner; and access control lists (ACLs)]. (per International
Interpretation #103)
FDP_ACF.1a.2 The TSF shall enforce the following rules to determine if an operation among controlled subjects
and controlled objects is allowed: [a) if the user identity is equal to the database owner, the
requested access is allowed; or b) if the ACL grants the requesting user identity the
requested access, the requested access is allowed; or c) if the user is a member of a group
which has been granted access and the ACL does not explicitly revoke the requested access
from the requesting user identity, the requested access is allowed; or d) if the group public
has been granted the requested access, and the ACL explicitly does not revoke the requested
access from the user's group or the user, the requested access is allowed; or e) if the user
identity has a role active and the ACL grants the role (or a role contained in that role) the
requested access, the requested access is allowed; or f) otherwise access is denied, unless
access is explicitly authorized in accordance with the rules specified in FDP_ACF.1.3.].
FDP_ACF.1a.3 The TSF shall explicitly authorize access of subjects to objects based on the following additional
rules: [a) if the database subject is an authorized administrator, the requested access is
allowed; or b) if an object is accessed via a stored procedure and the owner of the stored
procedure owns the object].
FDP_ACF.1a.4 The TSF shall explicitly deny access of subjects to objects based on the [there are no explicit
access denial rules].
5.1.2.4 Security attribute based access control (FDP_ACF.1b)
FDP_ACF.1b.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Policy-based Access Control Policy] to objects based on the
following: [database subject attributes: Application Context; and, database object attributes:
Access Rules]. (per International Interpretation #103)
FDP_ACF.1b.2 The TSF shall enforce the following rules to determine if an operation among controlled subjects
and controlled objects is allowed: [a) if there is no Access Rule associated with a table column
access is allowed; or b) if the Access Rule allows access to the specified row(s) based on the
Application Context access is allowed; or c) otherwise access is denied.].
FDP_ACF.1b.3 The TSF shall explicitly authorize access of subjects to objects based on the following additional
rules: [there are no explicit access authorization rules].
FDP_ACF.1b.4 The TSF shall explicitly deny access of subjects to objects based on the [there are no explicit
access denial rules].
5.1.2.5 Full residual information protection (FDP_RIP.2a)
FDP_RIP.2a.1 The TSF shall ensure that any previous information content of a resource is made unavailable
upon the [allocation of the resource to] all objects.
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5.1.3 Identification and authentication (FIA)
5.1.3.1 Authentication failure handling (FIA_AFL.1)
FIA_AFL.1.1 The TSF shall detect when [an administrator configurable positive integer within [0 – 327671
]]
unsuccessful authentication attempts occur related to [user identification]. (per International
Interpretation #111)
FIA_AFL.1.2 When the defined number of unsuccessful authentication attempts has been met or surpassed, the
TSF shall [prevent subsequent authentication of the identified user, until re-enabled by an
administrator].
5.1.3.2 User attribute definition (FIA_ATD.1)
FIA_ATD.1.1 The TSF shall maintain the following list of security attributes belonging to individual users: [user
identity, authentication data, group membership, and active roles].
5.1.3.3 Verification of secrets (FIA_SOS.1)
FIA_SOS.1.1 The TSF shall provide a mechanism to verify that secrets meet [the following: a) for each
attempt to use the authentication mechanisms, the probability that a random attempt will
succeed is less than one in 500,000,000,000; and b) any feedback given during each attempt
to use the authentication mechanism will reduce the probability of the above metric by only
one.].
5.1.3.4 User authentication before any action (FIA_UAU.2)
FIA_UAU.2.1 The TSF shall require each user to be successfully authenticated before allowing any other TSF-
mediated actions on behalf of that user.
5.1.3.5 Protected authentication feedback (FIA_UAU.7)
FIA_UAU.7.1 The TSF shall provide only [a failure indication that does not identify whether the failure was
identity or password related and un-echoed passwords] to the user while the authentication is
in progress.
5.1.3.6 User identification before any action (FIA_UID.2)
FIA_UID.2.1 The TSF shall require each user to identify itself before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions
on behalf of that user.
5.1.3.7 User-subject binding (FIA_USB.1)
FIA_USB.1.1 The TSF shall associate the following user security attributes with subjects acting on the behalf of
that user: [user identity, group membership and active roles]. (per International Interpretation
#137)
FIA_USB.1.2 The TSF shall enforce the following rules on the initial association of user security attributes with
subjects acting on the behalf of users: [subject security attributes are derived from TSF data
maintained for each defined user after a successful login with the defined user identity]. (per
International Interpretation #137)
FIA_USB.1.3 The TSF shall enforce the following rules governing changes to the user security attributes
associated with subjects acting on the behalf of users: [a) an authorized administrator can
change their identity; b) a user can enable and disable roles assigned to them; and c) an
authorized administrator can explicitly grant a user the ability to change their identity
within limits established by the authorized administrator]. (per International Interpretation
#137)
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In the context of this requirement, a value of ‘0’ indicates no limit to the number of detected failed unsuccessfully
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5.1.4 Security management (FMT)
5.1.4.1 Management of security functions behaviour (FMT_MOF.1)
FMT_MOF.1.1 The TSF shall restrict the ability to [disable and enable] the functions [related to the
specification of events to be audited] to [authorized administrators].
5.1.4.2 Management of security attributes (FMT_MSA.1)
FMT_MSA.1.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Discretionary Access Control Policy] to restrict the ability to
[manage] the security attributes [of database subjects] to [authorized administrators].
5.1.4.3 Secure security attributes (FMT_MSA.2)
FMT_MSA.2.1 The TSF shall ensure that only secure values are accepted for security attributes.
5.1.4.4 Static attribute initialization (FMT_MSA.3)
FMT_MSA.3.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Discretionary Access Control Policy] to provide [restrictive] default
values for security attributes that are used to enforce the SFP. (per International Interpretations
#201 and #202)
FMT_MSA.3.2 The TSF shall allow the [no role] to specify alternative initial values to override the default values
when an object or information is created.
5.1.4.5 Management of TSF data (FMT_MTD.1a)
FMT_MTD.1a.1The TSF shall restrict the ability to [include or exclude] the [audited events] to [authorized
administrators].
5.1.4.6 Management of TSF data (FMT_MTD.1b)
FMT_MTD.1b.1The TSF shall restrict the ability to [query and clear] the [audit records] to [authorized
administrators].
5.1.4.7 Management of TSF data (FMT_MTD.1c)
FMT_MTD.1c.1 The TSF shall restrict the ability to [set and reset] the [user authentication data] to [authorized
administrators].
5.1.4.8 Revocation (FMT_REV.1a)
FMT_REV.1a.1 The TSF shall restrict the ability to revoke security attributes associated with the [subjects] within
the TSC to [authorized administrators]. (per International Interpretation #201)
FMT_REV.1a.2 The TSF shall enforce the rules [: the enforcement of subject attribute changes shall take
effect the next time the associated user is identified and authenticated by the TSF].
5.1.4.9 Revocation (FMT_REV.1b)
FMT_REV.1b.1 The TSF shall restrict the ability to revoke security attributes associated with the [objects] within
the TSC to [users (only for database objects they own or database objects for which they
have been granted subject access permissions allowing them to revoke security attributes)].
(per International Interpretation #201)
FMT_REV.1b.2 The TSF shall enforce the rules [: the enforcement of object attribute changes shall take effect
before the next access attempt related to that object].
5.1.4.10 Specification of Management Functions (per International Interpretation
#65) (FMT_SMF.1)
FMT_SMF.1.1 The TSF shall be capable of performing the following security management functions: [starting
and stopping the audit function, selection of the audited events, review of audit data, and
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management of database subjects and authentication data]. (per International Interpretation
#65)
5.1.4.11 Security roles (FMT_SMR.1)
FMT_SMR.1.1 The TSF shall maintain the roles [authorized administrators and users].
FMT_SMR.1.2 The TSF shall be able to associate users with roles.
5.1.5 Protection of the TSF (FPT)
5.1.5.1 Non-bypassability of the TSP (FPT_RVM.1a)
FPT_RVM.1a.1 The TSF shall ensure that TSP enforcement functions are invoked and succeed before each
function within the TSC is allowed to proceed.
5.1.5.2 TSF domain separation (FPT_SEP.1a)
FPT_SEP.1a.1 The TSF shall maintain a security domain for its own execution that protects it from interference
and tampering by untrusted subjects.
FPT_SEP.1a.2 The TSF shall enforce separation between the security domains of subjects in the TSC.
5.1.6 Resource utilization (FRU)
5.1.6.1 Maximum quotas (FRU_RSA.1)
FRU_RSA.1.1 The TSF shall enforce maximum quotas of the following resources: [database query and
transaction I/O costs, row accesses, temporary database space, and duration] that [subjects]
can use [over a specified period of time].
5.1.7 TOE access (FTA)
5.1.7.1 Basic limitation on multiple concurrent sessions (FTA_MCS_EXP.1)
FTA_MCS_EXP.1.1 The TSF shall be able to restrict the maximum number of concurrent sessions that belong
to the same user.
FTA_MCS_EXP.1.2 The TSF shall enforce, by default, no limit to the number of sessions per user.
5.1.7.2 TOE session establishment (FTA_TSE.1)
FTA_TSE.1.1 The TSF shall be able to deny session establishment based on [user identity and time].
5.2 IT Environment Security Functional Requirements
The following table describes the SFRs that are candidates to be satisfied by the IT environment of Adaptive Server
Enterprise.
Requirement Class Requirement Component
FDP_ACC.1c: Subset access control
FDP_ACF.1c: Security attribute based access control
FDP: User data protection
FDP_RIP.2b: Full residual information protection
FPT_RVM.1b: Non-bypassability of the TSP
FPT_SEP.1b: TSF domain separation
FPT: Protection of the TSF
FPT_STM.1: Reliable time stamps
Table 3 IT Environment Security Functional Components
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5.2.1 User data protection (FDP)
5.2.1.1 Subset access control (FDP_ACC.1c)
FDP_ACC.1c.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Environment Access Control Policy] on [processes; files and
shared memory; and, process operations to access files and shared memory].
5.2.1.2 Security attribute based access control (FDP_ACF.1c)
FDP_ACF.1c.1 The TSF shall enforce the [Environment Access Control Policy] to objects based on the
following: [process attributes: process identification attributes; file and shared memory:
ownership and access permissions]. (per International Interpretation #103)
FDP_ACF.1c.2 The TSF shall enforce the following rules to determine if an operation among controlled subjects
and controlled objects is allowed: [in order to successfully access (for read or write) a file or
shared memory, the applicable process must be permitted the requested access (based on its
identification and the access permissions associated with the file or shared memory)].
FDP_ACF.1c.3 The TSF shall explicitly authorize access of subjects to objects based on the following additional
rules: [if the process (based on its identification) is the owner of the file or shared memory,
the access operation will always succeed].
FDP_ACF.1c.4 The TSF shall explicitly deny access of subjects to objects based on the [there are no explicit
access denial rules].
5.2.1.3 Full residual information protection (FDP_RIP.2b)
FDP_RIP.2b.1 The TSF shall ensure that any previous information content of a resource is made unavailable
upon the [allocation of the resource to] all objects.
5.2.2 Protection of the TSF (FPT)
5.2.2.1 Non-bypassability of the TSP (FPT_RVM.1b)
FPT_RVM.1b.1 The TSF shall ensure that TSP enforcement functions are invoked and succeed before each
function within the TSC is allowed to proceed.
5.2.2.2 TSF domain separation (FPT_SEP.1b)
FPT_SEP.1b.1 The TSF shall maintain a security domain for its own execution that protects it from interference
and tampering by untrusted subjects.
FPT_SEP.1b.2 The TSF shall enforce separation between the security domains of subjects in the TSC.
5.2.2.3 Reliable time stamps (FPT_STM.1)
FPT_STM.1.1 The TSF shall be able to provide reliable time stamps for its own use.
5.3 TOE Security Assurance Requirements
The security assurance requirements for the TOE are the EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 components as
specified in Part 3 of the Common Criteria. No operations are applied to the assurance components.
Requirement Class Requirement Component
ACM_AUT.1: Partial CM automation
ACM_CAP.4: Generation support and acceptance procedures
ACM: Configuration management
ACM_SCP.2: Problem tracking CM coverage
ADO_DEL.2: Detection of modification
ADO: Delivery and operation
ADO_IGS.1: Installation, generation, and start-up procedures
ADV: Development ADV_FSP.2: Fully defined external interfaces
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ADV_HLD.2: Security enforcing high-level design
ADV_IMP.1: Subset of the implementation of the TSF
ADV_LLD.1: Descriptive low-level design
ADV_RCR.1: Informal correspondence demonstration
ADV_SPM.1: Informal TOE security policy model
AGD_ADM.1: Administrator guidance
AGD: Guidance documents
AGD_USR.1: User guidance
ALC_DVS.1: Identification of security measures
ALC_FLR.2: Flaw reporting procedures
ALC_LCD.1: Developer defined life-cycle model
ALC: Life cycle support
ALC_TAT.1: Well-defined development tools
ATE_COV.2: Analysis of coverage
ATE_DPT.1: Testing: high-level design
ATE_FUN.1: Functional testing
ATE: Tests
ATE_IND.2: Independent testing - sample
AVA_MSU.2: Validation of analysis
AVA_SOF.1: Strength of TOE security function evaluation
AVA: Vulnerability assessment
AVA_VLA.2: Independent vulnerability analysis
Table 4 EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 Assurance Components
5.3.1 Configuration management (ACM)
5.3.1.1 Partial CM automation (ACM_AUT.1)
ACM_AUT.1.1dThe developer shall use a CM system.
ACM_AUT.1.2dThe developer shall provide a CM plan.
ACM_AUT.1.1c The CM system shall provide an automated means by which only authorized changes are made to
the TOE implementation representation.
ACM_AUT.1.2c The CM system shall provide an automated means to support the generation of the TOE.
ACM_AUT.1.3c The CM plan shall describe the automated tools used in the CM system.
ACM_AUT.1.4c The CM plan shall describe how the automated tools are used in the CM system.
ACM_AUT.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.1.2 Generation support and acceptance procedures (ACM_CAP.4)
ACM_CAP.4.1d The developer shall provide a reference for the TOE.
ACM_CAP.4.2d The developer shall use a CM system.
ACM_CAP.4.3d The developer shall provide CM documentation.
ACM_CAP.4.1c The reference for the TOE shall be unique to each version of the TOE.
ACM_CAP.4.2c The TOE shall be labelled with its reference.
ACM_CAP.4.3c The CM documentation shall include a configuration list, a CM plan, and an acceptance plan.
ACM_CAP.4.4c The configuration list shall describe the configuration items that comprise the TOE.
ACM_CAP.4.5c The CM documentation shall describe the method used to uniquely identify the configuration
items.
ACM_CAP.4.6c The CM system shall uniquely identify all configuration items.
ACM_CAP.4.7c The CM plan shall describe how the CM system is used.
ACM_CAP.4.8c The evidence shall demonstrate that the CM system is operating in accordance with the CM plan.
ACM_CAP.4.9c The CM documentation shall provide evidence that all configuration items have been and are
being effectively maintained under the CM system.
ACM_CAP.4.10c The CM system shall provide measures such that only authorized changes are made to the
configuration items.
ACM_CAP.4.11c The CM system shall support the generation of the TOE.
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ACM_CAP.4.12c The acceptance plan shall describe the procedures used to accept modified or newly
created configuration items as part of the TOE.
ACM_CAP.4.13c The configuration list shall uniquely identify all configuration items that comprise the
TOE. (per International Interpretation #3)
ACM_CAP.4.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.1.3 Problem tracking CM coverage (ACM_SCP.2)
ACM_SCP.2.1d The developer shall provide a list of configuration items for the TOE. (per International
Interpretation #4)
ACM_SCP.2.1c The list of configuration items shall include the following: implementation representation; security
flaws; and the evaluation evidence required by the assurance components in the ST. (per
International Interpretation #4)
ACM_SCP.2.2c (this element has been deleted per International Interpretation #4)
ACM_SCP.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.2 Delivery and operation (ADO)
5.3.2.1 Detection of modification (ADO_DEL.2)
ADO_DEL.2.1d The developer shall document procedures for delivery of the TOE or parts of it to the user.
ADO_DEL.2.2d The developer shall use the delivery procedures.
ADO_DEL.2.1c The delivery documentation shall describe all procedures that are necessary to maintain security
when distributing versions of the TOE to a user’s site.
ADO_DEL.2.2c The delivery documentation shall describe how the various procedures and technical measures
provide for the detection of modifications, or any discrepancy between the developer’s master
copy and the version received at the user site.
ADO_DEL.2.3c The delivery documentation shall describe how the various procedures allow detection of attempts
to masquerade as the developer, even in cases in which the developer has sent nothing to the user’s
site.
ADO_DEL.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.2.2 Installation, generation, and start-up procedures (ADO_IGS.1)
ADO_IGS.1.1d The developer shall document procedures necessary for the secure installation, generation, and
start-up of the TOE.
ADO_IGS.1.1c The installation, generation and start-up documentation shall describe all the steps necessary for
secure installation, generation and start-up of the TOE. (per International Interpretation #51 (rev
1))
ADO_IGS.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ADO_IGS.1.2e The evaluator shall determine that the installation, generation, and start-up procedures result in a
secure configuration.
5.3.3 Development (ADV)
5.3.3.1 Fully defined external interfaces (ADV_FSP.2)
ADV_FSP.2.1d The developer shall provide a functional specification.
ADV_FSP.2.1c The functional specification shall describe the TSF and its external interfaces using an informal
style.
ADV_FSP.2.2c The functional specification shall be internally consistent.
ADV_FSP.2.3c The functional specification shall describe the purpose and method of use of all external TSF
interfaces, providing complete details of all effects, exceptions and error messages.
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ADV_FSP.2.4c The functional specification shall completely represent the TSF.
ADV_FSP.2.5c The functional specification shall include rationale that the TSF is completely represented.
ADV_FSP.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ADV_FSP.2.2e The evaluator shall determine that the functional specification is an accurate and complete
instantiation of the TOE security functional requirements.
5.3.3.2 Security enforcing high-level design (ADV_HLD.2)
ADV_HLD.2.1d The developer shall provide the high-level design of the TSF.
ADV_HLD.2.1c The presentation of the high-level design shall be informal.
ADV_HLD.2.2c The high-level design shall be internally consistent.
ADV_HLD.2.3c The high-level design shall describe the structure of the TSF in terms of subsystems.
ADV_HLD.2.4c The high-level design shall describe the security functionality provided by each subsystem of the
TSF.
ADV_HLD.2.5c The high-level design shall identify any underlying hardware, firmware, and/or software required
by the TSF with a presentation of the functions provided by the supporting protection mechanisms
implemented in that hardware, firmware, or software.
ADV_HLD.2.6c The high-level design shall identify all interfaces to the subsystems of the TSF.
ADV_HLD.2.7c The high-level design shall identify which of the interfaces to the subsystems of the TSF are
externally visible.
ADV_HLD.2.8c The high-level design shall describe the purpose and method of use of all interfaces to the
subsystems of the TSF, providing details of effects, exceptions and error messages, as appropriate.
ADV_HLD.2.9c The high-level design shall describe the separation of the TOE into TSP enforcing and other
subsystems.
ADV_HLD.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ADV_HLD.2.2e The evaluator shall determine that the high-level design is an accurate and complete instantiation
of the TOE security functional requirements.
5.3.3.3 Subset of the implementation of the TSF (ADV_IMP.1)
ADV_IMP.1.1d The developer shall provide the implementation representation for a selected subset of the TSF.
ADV_IMP.1.1c The implementation representation shall unambiguously define the TSF to a level of detail such
that the TSF can be generated without further design decisions.
ADV_IMP.1.2c The implementation representation shall be internally consistent.
ADV_IMP.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ADV_IMP.1.2e The evaluator shall determine that the least abstract TSF representation provided is an accurate
and complete instantiation of the TOE security functional requirements.
5.3.3.4 Descriptive low-level design (ADV_LLD.1)
ADV_LLD.1.1d The developer shall provide the low-level design of the TSF.
ADV_LLD.1.1c The presentation of the low-level design shall be informal.
ADV_LLD.1.2c The low-level design shall be internally consistent.
ADV_LLD.1.3c The low-level design shall describe the TSF in terms of modules.
ADV_LLD.1.4c The low-level design shall describe the purpose of each module.
ADV_LLD.1.5c The low-level design shall define the interrelationships between the modules in terms of provided
security functionality and dependencies on other modules.
ADV_LLD.1.6c The low-level design shall describe how each TSP-enforcing function is provided.
ADV_LLD.1.7c The low-level design shall identify all interfaces to the modules of the TSF.
ADV_LLD.1.8c The low-level design shall identify which of the interfaces to the modules of the TSF are
externally visible.
ADV_LLD.1.9c The low-level design shall describe the purpose and method of use of all interfaces to the modules
of the TSF, providing details of effects, exceptions and error messages, as appropriate.
ADV_LLD.1.10cThe low-level design shall describe the separation of the TOE into TSP-enforcing and other
modules.
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ADV_LLD.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ADV_LLD.1.2e The evaluator shall determine that the low-level design is an accurate and complete instantiation of
the TOE security functional requirements.
5.3.3.5 Informal correspondence demonstration (ADV_RCR.1)
ADV_RCR.1.1d The developer shall provide an analysis of correspondence between all adjacent pairs of TSF
representations that are provided.
ADV_RCR.1.1c For each adjacent pair of provided TSF representations, the analysis shall demonstrate that all
relevant security functionality of the more abstract TSF representation is correctly and completely
refined in the less abstract TSF representation.
ADV_RCR.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.3.6 Informal TOE security policy model (ADV_SPM.1)
ADV_SPM.1.1d The developer shall provide a TSP model.
ADV_SPM.1.2d The developer shall demonstrate correspondence between the functional specification and the TSP
model.
ADV_SPM.1.1c The TSP model shall be informal.
ADV_SPM.1.2c The TSP model shall describe the rules and characteristics of all policies of the TSP that can be
modeled.
ADV_SPM.1.3c The TSP model shall include a rationale that demonstrates that it is consistent and complete with
respect to all policies of the TSP that can be modeled.
ADV_SPM.1.4c The demonstration of correspondence between the TSP model and the functional specification
shall show that all of the security functions in the functional specification are consistent and
complete with respect to the TSP model.
ADV_SPM.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.4 Guidance documents (AGD)
5.3.4.1 Administrator guidance (AGD_ADM.1)
AGD_ADM.1.1dThe developer shall provide administrator guidance addressed to system administrative personnel.
AGD_ADM.1.1cThe administrator guidance shall describe the administrative functions and interfaces available to
the administrator of the TOE.
AGD_ADM.1.2cThe administrator guidance shall describe how to administer the TOE in a secure manner.
AGD_ADM.1.3cThe administrator guidance shall contain warnings about functions and privileges that should be
controlled in a secure processing environment.
AGD_ADM.1.4cThe administrator guidance shall describe all assumptions regarding user behavior that are relevant
to secure operation of the TOE.
AGD_ADM.1.5cThe administrator guidance shall describe all security parameters under the control of the
administrator, indicating secure values as appropriate.
AGD_ADM.1.6cThe administrator guidance shall describe each type of security-relevant event relative to the
administrative functions that need to be performed, including changing the security characteristics
of entities under the control of the TSF.
AGD_ADM.1.7cThe administrator guidance shall be consistent with all other documentation supplied for
evaluation.
AGD_ADM.1.8cThe administrator guidance shall describe all security requirements for the IT environment that are
relevant to the administrator.
AGD_ADM.1.1eThe evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.4.2 User guidance (AGD_USR.1)
AGD_USR.1.1d The developer shall provide user guidance.
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AGD_USR.1.1c The user guidance shall describe the functions and interfaces available to the non-administrative
users of the TOE.
AGD_USR.1.2c The user guidance shall describe the use of user-accessible security functions provided by the
TOE.
AGD_USR.1.3c The user guidance shall contain warnings about user-accessible functions and privileges that
should be controlled in a secure processing environment.
AGD_USR.1.4c The user guidance shall clearly present all user responsibilities necessary for secure operation of
the TOE, including those related to assumptions regarding user behaviour found in the statement
of TOE security environment.
AGD_USR.1.5c The user guidance shall be consistent with all other documentation supplied for evaluation.
AGD_USR.1.6c The user guidance shall describe all security requirements for the IT environment that are relevant
to the user.
AGD_USR.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.5 Life cycle support (ALC)
5.3.5.1 Identification of security measures (ALC_DVS.1)
ALC_DVS.1.1d The developer shall produce development security documentation.
ALC_DVS.1.1c The development security documentation shall describe all the physical, procedural, personnel,
and other security measures that are necessary to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the
TOE design and implementation in its development environment.
ALC_DVS.1.2c The development security documentation shall provide evidence that these security measures are
followed during the development and maintenance of the TOE.
ALC_DVS.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ALC_DVS.1.2e The evaluator shall confirm that the security measures are being applied.
5.3.5.2 Flaw reporting procedures (ALC_FLR.2)
ALC_FLR.2.1d The developer shall provide flaw remediation procedures addressed to TOE developers. (per
International Interpretation #94)
ALC_FLR.2.2d The developer shall establish a procedure for accepting and acting upon all reports of security
flaws and requests for corrections to those flaws. (per International Interpretation #62)
ALC_FLR.2.3d The developer shall provide flaw remediation guidance addressed to TOE users. (per International
Interpretation #94)
ALC_FLR.2.1c The flaw remediation procedures documentation shall describe the procedures used to track all
reported security flaws in each release of the TOE.
ALC_FLR.2.2c The flaw remediation procedures shall require that a description of the nature and effect of each
security flaw be provided, as well as the status of finding a correction to that flaw.
ALC_FLR.2.3c The flaw remediation procedures shall require that corrective actions be identified for each of the
security flaws.
ALC_FLR.2.4c The flaw remediation procedures documentation shall describe the methods used to provide flaw
information, corrections and guidance on corrective actions to TOE users.
ALC_FLR.2.5c The flaw remediation procedures documentation shall describe a means by which the developer
receives from TOE users reports and enquiries of suspected security flaws in the TOE. (per
International Interpretation #94)
ALC_FLR.2.6c The procedures for processing reported security flaws shall ensure that any reported flaws are
corrected and the correction issued to TOE users. (per International Interpretation #94)
ALC_FLR.2.7c The procedures for processing reported security flaws shall provide safeguards that any
corrections to these security flaws do not introduce any new flaws. (per International
Interpretation #94
ALC_FLR.2.8c The flaw remediation guidance shall describe a means by which TOE users report to the developer
any suspected security flaws in the TOE. (per International Interpretation #94)
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ALC_FLR.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.5.3 Developer defined life-cycle model (ALC_LCD.1)
ALC_LCD.1.1d The developer shall establish a life-cycle model to be used in the development and maintenance of
the TOE.
ALC_LCD.1.2d The developer shall provide life-cycle definition documentation.
ALC_LCD.1.1c The life-cycle definition documentation shall describe the model used to develop and maintain the
TOE.
ALC_LCD.1.2c The life-cycle model shall provide for the necessary control over the development and
maintenance of the TOE.
ALC_LCD.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.5.4 Well-defined development tools (ALC_TAT.1)
ALC_TAT.1.1d The developer shall identify the development tools being used for the TOE.
ALC_TAT.1.2d The developer shall document the selected implementation-dependent options of the development
tools.
ALC_TAT.1.1c All development tools used for implementation shall be well-defined.
ALC_TAT.1.2c The documentation of the development tools shall unambiguously define the meaning of all
statements used in the implementation.
ALC_TAT.1.3c The documentation of the development tools shall unambiguously define the meaning of all
implementation-dependent options.
ALC_TAT.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.6 Tests (ATE)
5.3.6.1 Analysis of coverage (ATE_COV.2)
ATE_COV.2.1d The developer shall provide an analysis of the test coverage.
ATE_COV.2.1c The analysis of the test coverage shall demonstrate the correspondence between the tests identified
in the test documentation and the TSF as described in the functional specification.
ATE_COV.2.2c The analysis of the test coverage shall demonstrate that the correspondence between the TSF as
described in the functional specification and the tests identified in the test documentation is
complete.
ATE_COV.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.6.2 Testing: high-level design (ATE_DPT.1)
ATE_DPT.1.1d The developer shall provide the analysis of the depth of testing.
ATE_DPT.1.1c The depth analysis shall demonstrate that the tests identified in the test documentation are
sufficient to demonstrate that the TSF operates in accordance with its high-level design.
ATE_DPT.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.6.3 Functional testing (ATE_FUN.1)
ATE_FUN.1.1d The developer shall test the TSF and document the results.
ATE_FUN.1.2d The developer shall provide test documentation.
ATE_FUN.1.1c The test documentation shall consist of test plans, test procedure descriptions, expected test results
and actual test results.
ATE_FUN.1.2c The test plans shall identify the security functions to be tested and describe the goal of the tests to
be performed.
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ATE_FUN.1.3c The test procedure descriptions shall identify the tests to be performed and describe the scenarios
for testing each security function. These scenarios shall include any ordering dependencies on the
results of other tests.
ATE_FUN.1.4c The expected test results shall show the anticipated outputs from a successful execution of the
tests.
ATE_FUN.1.5c The test results from the developer execution of the tests shall demonstrate that each tested
security function behaved as specified.
ATE_FUN.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
5.3.6.4 Independent testing - sample (ATE_IND.2)
ATE_IND.2.1d The developer shall provide the TOE for testing.
ATE_IND.2.1c The TOE shall be suitable for testing.
ATE_IND.2.2c The developer shall provide an equivalent set of resources to those that were used in the
developer’s functional testing of the TSF.
ATE_IND.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
ATE_IND.2.2e The evaluator shall test a subset of the TSF as appropriate to confirm that the TOE operates as
specified.
ATE_IND.2.3e The evaluator shall execute a sample of tests in the test documentation to verify the developer test
results.
5.3.7 Vulnerability assessment (AVA)
5.3.7.1 Validation of analysis (AVA_MSU.2)
AVA_MSU.2.1d The developer shall provide guidance documentation.
AVA_MSU.2.2d The developer shall document an analysis of the guidance documentation.
AVA_MSU.2.1c The guidance documentation shall identify all possible modes of operation of the TOE (including
operation following failure or operational error), their consequences and implications for
maintaining secure operation.
AVA_MSU.2.2c The guidance documentation shall be complete, clear, consistent and reasonable.
AVA_MSU.2.3c The guidance documentation shall list all assumptions about the intended environment.
AVA_MSU.2.4c The guidance documentation shall list all requirements for external security measures (including
external procedural, physical and personnel controls).
AVA_MSU.2.5c The analysis documentation shall demonstrate that the guidance documentation is complete.
AVA_MSU.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
AVA_MSU.2.2e The evaluator shall repeat all configuration and installation procedures, and other procedures
selectively, to confirm that the TOE can be configured and used securely using only the supplied
guidance documentation.
AVA_MSU.2.3e The evaluator shall determine that the use of the guidance documentation allows all insecure states
to be detected.
AVA_MSU.2.4e The evaluator shall confirm that the analysis documentation shows that guidance is provided for
secure operation in all modes of operation of the TOE.
5.3.7.2 Strength of TOE security function evaluation (AVA_SOF.1)
AVA_SOF.1.1d The developer shall perform a strength of TOE security function analysis for each mechanism
identified in the ST as having a strength of TOE security function claim.
AVA_SOF.1.1c For each mechanism with a strength of TOE security function claim the strength of TOE security
function analysis shall show that it meets or exceeds the minimum strength level defined in the
PP/ST.
AVA_SOF.1.2c For each mechanism with a specific strength of TOE security function claim the strength of TOE
security function analysis shall show that it meets or exceeds the specific strength of function
metric defined in the PP/ST.
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AVA_SOF.1.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
AVA_SOF.1.2e The evaluator shall confirm that the strength claims are correct.
5.3.7.3 Independent vulnerability analysis (AVA_VLA.2)
AVA_VLA.2.1d The developer shall perform a vulnerability analysis. (per International Interpretation #51 (rev 1))
AVA_VLA.2.2d The developer shall provide vulnerability analysis documentation. (per International
Interpretation #51 (rev 1))
AVA_VLA.2.1c The vulnerability analysis documentation shall describe the analysis of the TOE deliverables
performed to search for ways in which a user can violate the TSP. (per International
Interpretation #51 (rev 1))
AVA_VLA.2.2c The vulnerability analysis documentation shall describe the disposition of identified
vulnerabilities. (per International Interpretation #51 (rev 1))
AVA_VLA.2.3c The vulnerability analysis documentation shall show, for all identified vulnerabilities, that the
vulnerability cannot be exploited in the intended environment for the TOE. (per International
Interpretation #51 (rev 1))
AVA_VLA.2.4c The vulnerability analysis documentation shall justify that the TOE, with the identified
vulnerabilities, is resistant to obvious penetration attacks. (per International Interpretation #51
(rev 1))
AVA_VLA.2.1e The evaluator shall confirm that the information provided meets all requirements for content and
presentation of evidence.
AVA_VLA.2.2e The evaluator shall conduct penetration testing, building on the developer vulnerability analysis,
to ensure the identified vulnerabilities have been addressed.
AVA_VLA.2.3e The evaluator shall perform an independent vulnerability analysis.
AVA_VLA.2.4e The evaluator shall perform independent penetration testing, based on the independent
vulnerability analysis, to determine the exploitability of additional identified vulnerabilities in the
intended environment.
AVA_VLA.2.5e The evaluator shall determine that the TOE is resistant to penetration attacks performed by an
attacker possessing a low attack potential.
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6. TOE Summary Specification
This chapter describes the security functions and associated assurance measures.
6.1 TOE Security Functions
6.1.1 Security audit
The ASE Server (or Server) provides its own audit mechanism. Tasks within the Server that represent a client
connection can individually cause audit records to be generated. The individual task creates the audit record with the
available information relevant to the event. The individual task then places the audit record at the end of the audit
queue, which resides in Server shared memory. The Audit Task manages the audit queue. When the Audit Task
runs, it removes audit records from the front of the queue and writes them to the 'audit log' which is in the
sybsecurity database.
The 'audit log', sysaudits, consists of one or more tables in the sybsecurity database. Using multiple tables for the
audit log is extremely useful in the handling of a full audit log condition. The sysaudits system table cannot be
accessed by any subject other than an authorized administrator; the Server validates this whenever a subject attempts
to access the audit log. In addition, the Server does not allow direct delete, update, or insert operations on the audit
log. The only way to delete the audit log is to use the truncate table SQL command and only an authorized
administrator with appropriate DAC permissions on the audit log can perform this operation.
In general, only the Server writes to the audit log. However, there are times when it may be necessary to allow an 'ad
hoc' audit record to be written to the audit log. A special system stored procedure is provided for this purpose. While
this stored procedure does not require any roles to execute it, by default, execute permission is not granted to public.
Execution of the stored procedure can be allowed or disallowed using the grant/revoke commands, providing a
means for administrative control over who can write ad hoc audit records.
The audit log can be read via the SQL select command. The user that installed the audit system may also create
views of the audit log or can create stored procedures which include the select command on the audit log. Using the
SQL select command, the audit log can be searched and sorted based on any attributes within the audit records,
including event type, date, time, success or failure, and user identities.
• All actions that require an authorized administrator role are auditable. Unsuccessful attempts to perform a
trusted operation by an untrusted subject also result in the generation of an audit record.
A system stored procedure is provided to control which actions are currently audited. The system stored procedure
provides a fine granularity of actions which can be enabled or disabled only by an authorized administrator. The
specific actions (i.e., event types) which can be enabled and disabled in a desired combination are as follows:
• ad hoc - Allows users to use sp_addauditrecord, provided the user has appropriate DAC permission.
• all - Audits all actions. Whenever any auditable action occurs, and audit record is generated. This does not
affect the ability to use sp_addauditrecord.
• alter - Audits the execution of alter table or alter database
• bcp - Audits the execution of bcp in or bcp out
• bind - Audits the execution of sp_bindefault, sp_bindmsg, and sp_bindrule system procedures
• create - Audits the creation of database objects
• dbaccess - Audits access to the current database from another database
• dbcc - Audits the execution of dbcc commands
• delete - Audits the deletion of rows from a table or view
• disk - Audits the execution of disk init, disk refit, disk reinit, disk mirror, disk unmirror, and disk remirror
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• drop - Audits the dropping of database objects
• dump - Audits the execution of dump database or dump transaction commands
• errors - Audits errors, whether fatal or not
• exec_procedure - Audits the execution of a stored procedure
• exec_trigger - Audits the execution of a trigger
• func_dbaccess - Audits access to a database via TSQL functions
• func_obj_access - Audits access to a database object via a TSQL function
• grant - Audits the execution of the grant command
• insert - Audits the insertion of rows into a table or view
• install - Audits the installation of java classes
• load - Audits the execution of the load database or load transaction commands
• login - Audits all login attempts
• logout - Audits all logouts (intentional or unintentional)
• mount - Audits the execution of mount database command
• quiesce - Audits the execution of quisce database command
• reference - Audits the creation of references between tables
• remove - Audits the removal of java classes
• revoke - Audits the execution of the revoke command
• rpc - Audits the execution of remote procedure calls
• security - Audits the following security-related events: server boot, server shutdown, modification of an
audit related configuration parameters, access to audit logs, changing user identity during an established
session, role management and role toggling, killing of a user session by an administrator, regeneration of
SSO password and access to objects through TSQL built-in functions.
• select - Audits the execution of the select command
• setuser - Audits execution of setuser command
• table_access - Audits accesses to any table by a specific user or all users
• truncate - Audits the execution of the truncate table command
• unbind - Audits the execution of the sp_unbindrule, sp_unbindmsg, and sp_unbindefault system procedures
• unmount - Audits the execution of unmount database command
• update - Audits updates to rows in a table or view
• view_access - Audits accesses to any view by a specific user or all users
The following information is included in the audit record:
• Event type
• Date/time of event
• Sequence number of record within a single event
• Success/failure in terms of a permission check (if applicable)
• Login ID and name (if applicable)
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• Subject’s Server ID (SUID)
• Object owner name (if applicable)
• Transaction ID (if applicable)
• Additional information (event based)
An authorized administrator can configure the Audit Mechanism in one of two ways so that audit data is not lost
when the current audit log becomes full. The SUSPEND AUDIT WHEN DEVICE FULL audit configuration
parameter can be set only by an authorized administrator to one of two values:
• When set to the value one (1), the audit task becomes suspended when the current audit log becomes full.
Any user process that generates an auditable event when the audit log is full also becomes suspended. Any
suspended processes can only be resumed when an authorized administrator logs in and sets up an empty
audit table as the current audit log. Any audit records generated by the authorized administrator during this
process are sent to the Server’s errorlog.
• When set to the value zero (0), the audit task truncates the next audit table and starts using it as the current
audit log whenever the current audit log becomes full. In this case, no processes are suspended due to a full
audit log condition.
The SUSPEND AUDIT WHEN DEVICE FULL audit configuration parameter is set to one (1) by default. In this
configuration, no audit records are lost. If an authorized administrator changes to the value of zero (0), older audit
records may be lost if audit tables in the pool of full audit tables are not appropriately backed up.
The Security audit function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
• FAU_GEN.1: The audit events as well as the audit record content enumerated above represent a superset of
that required.
• FAU_GEN.2: A user identity is associated with each audit event that involves a user.
• FAU_SAR.1: The system table containing the audit log is accessible by authorized administrators who can
use the SQL select command.
• FAU_SAR.2: The system table containing the audit log is accessible by authorized administrators by
default and additional users could be granted read access using the DAC mechanism.
• FAU_SAR.3: The audit log can be searched and sorted based on user identity and other audit records
contents using the SQL select command.
• FAU_SEL.1: A system stored procedure can be used to select auditable events to be audited based on audit
event type as well as individual users in the case of object access attempts.
• FAU_STG.1: The system table storing the audit log is protected so that only authorized administrators have
any access and even though authorized administrators can truncate the audit log they cannot otherwise
modify the audit log.
• FAU_STG.3: The TOE offers authorized administrators a parameter that dictates whether to prevent
auditable events or discard old audit records when the audit trail becomes full.
6.1.2 User data protection
The ASE Server provides the ability to allow access to be controlled through a combination of two policies:
Discretionary Access Control (DAC) and Policy-based Access Control.
6.1.2.1 Discretionary Access Policy
The DAC policy for object access is based on:
• user identities,
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• group memberships (including 'public'),
• object ownership,
• active roles, and
• Access Control Lists (ACLs).
The ASE Server objects directly subject to this policy are databases, tables, views, and stored procedures. Other
objects are always public (e.g., global variables, messages, defaults and rules), always private (e.g., temporary
tables), or are part of one of the protected objects (e.g., indexes and triggers, are protected via the tables with which
they are associated).
The Server stores the access permissions for the applicable objects in access control lists (ACLs) and provides the
ability to grant and revoke ANSI Standard SQL permissions. The user identity (specifically, the combination of
SUID and UID - as identified in the Identification and Authentication function discussion below), group
memberships and active roles for the user identity, are used by the DAC mechanism to validate the user's permission
to access the applicable objects.
Initially, only an authorized administrator can create a database. The authorized administrator can grant, and
subsequently revoke, the permission to create databases to other users. When a user creates a database, that user
becomes the Database Owner (DBO) and inherits the ability to create, drop and (where relevant) alter, the following
database objects: tables, indexes, procedural objects (stored procedures, triggers and views), defaults, and rules. To
access anything in a database, a user must have use access for the particular database which can be granted only by
the DBO or authorized administrator via a system stored procedure. The stored procedure adds an entry to the
sysusers system table (i.e., the ACL) allowing the user to access the particular database.
The DBO or authorized administrator can subsequently grant users the permission to create tables, views, and stored
procedures, as well as other capabilities in the database. For tables and views, the grantable permissions are insert,
select, update, delete, alter (tables only), truncate table (tables only), update statistics (tables only), delete statistics
(tables only), and references (tables only). When a user creates a table, the user becomes the table owner and inherits
the following permissions: alter table, create/drop index, create/drop trigger, truncate table, update/delete statistics,
bind defaults and rules to the columns of the table.
If a user has DAC permission on a view, the user also has implied DAC permission on all objects upon which the
view depends (via the view only), provided the owner of the view also owns all of the objects upon which the view
depends.
For stored procedures the only permission is execute. If a user has execute permission on a stored procedure, the
user can access all objects referenced by the stored procedure provided they are all owned by the owner of the stored
procedure. If an object referenced in a procedural object (stored procedure, view, trigger) is not owned by the owner
of the procedural object, the user must have the necessary access permission on the referenced object.
Permissions can be granted on columns, which are seen as part of a table, and include select, references, and update.
For example, select permission can be granted on an entire table or just specific columns of a table.
Permissions can be granted with or without the grant option. The grant option permits the user to subsequently grant
the specific permission to other users.
Note that an ACL can also explicitly revoke (i.e., deny) specific access permissions for specified users, groups, or
roles. In this case, the specified user or a user with the specified group or role cannot use the associated access
permissions, regardless of other permissions that may be granted via the ACL.
6.1.2.1.1 Users and Groups
To access anything in a database, a user must have use access for the particular database which can be granted only
by the DBO or other authorized administrator via a system stored procedure. The stored procedure adds an entry to
the sysusers system table allowing the user to access the particular database. If the user does not have an explicit
entry in sysusers, the user can still access the database if a 'guest' entry is present provided the user has a valid,
unlocked account in master database system table.
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While user identities can be used in ACLs to assign specific access permissions to specific users, ASE also supports
a 'group' and a 'roles' feature.
Groups provide a convenient way to grant and revoke permissions to more than one user in a single statement. Every
database user is implicitly a member of the special group 'public'. The group 'public' can never be dropped. A user
can also be a member of at most one additional group; membership in roles is not affected by this limit. Note,
however, that roles can be used like groups in assigning access to objects. The following DAC permissions are
always available to 'public':
• begin transaction
• commit
• create <temporary table>
• print
• raiserror
• rollback
• save transaction
• set
User groups are specific to a database and can only be created by an authorized administrator using the system
stored procedure sp_addgroup. Group information is also stored in a system table and in addition to the access
permissions an ACL might grant to a user, the user can also access operations granted to any of their assigned
groups.
6.1.2.1.2 Ownership and DAC Permissions
The owner of a database is referred to as the DBO and owns all of the system tables and system stored procedures in
the database when the database is first created. However, no user (neither the DBO nor any other authorized
administrator) can directly update the system tables.
The DBO has all command permissions on the database, some of which may be granted to database users, as
follows:
Grantable Permissions Non- Grantable Permissions
create default alter database
create procedure checkpoint
create rule dbcc
create table (implies create trigger,
create index)
dump/load [database or transaction]
create view revoke <command>
set proxy setuser
drop database
When a user in the database creates an object, that user becomes the object owner. For example, if user Joe creates
table1, then Joe is the table owner (TBO) of table1. Object owners in a database have permissions, some of which
may be granted to other database users, as follows:
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Grantable Permissions Non-Grantable Permissions
delete alter table
execute create index
grant <object> create trigger
insert drop <object>
readtext, writetext revoke <object>
references
select
update
truncate table
update statistics
delete statistics
Note that the commands listed in the table apply to different objects, for example, execute only applies to stored
procedures. Table DAC permissions (insert, delete, update, select, references, truncate table, update statistics, delete
statistics) apply to all columns in a table by default. update, select and references may be restricted to a subset of
columns in a table.
6.1.2.2 Policy-based Access Control
The Policy-based Access Control policy is implemented through the combined capabilities of:
• Access Rules that the DBO defines and binds to the table,
• Application Context Facility, which provides built-in functions that define, store, and retrieve user-defined
contexts, and
• Login triggers that the Database Owner or the user can create.
6.1.2.2.1 Access Rules
Access Rules are the fundamental building blocks of Policy-Based Access Control. An Access Rule is bound to a
specific column and then invoked on any select, update, or delete operation on the corresponding table. So, while the
rule is applied to a given column, the rule effectively determines which rows in the given table are accessible.
Furthermore, if a given row is not accessible due to a rule on a given column, that row will not be returned at all.
6.1.2.2.2 Application Context Facility
ASE’s Application Context Facility supports application-specific security policies that are enforced in the server
itself. This means that they are always enforced and can be changed and updated without any change to the
application. An Application Context consists of a series of (context, attribute, value) tuples. "Context" is the name of
a user-defined context that can be used by one or more applications. You can have a separate security context for
each application, or you can use the same security context for a set of applications with similar access control
requirements. "Attributes" are the variables that are used in Access Rules, and an attribute will be assigned a specific
"value" when a context is being set up. Contexts are set up on a session-by-session basis, so they allow the security
policy to be based on properties of both the application and the user invoking the application.
For example, a sales reporting application could utilize a context that sets values for Region and Manager attributes.
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• (Sales_Context, Region, "North America")
• (Sales_Context, Manager, "TRUE")
Access Rules could use this context to support a security policy that states that sales representatives can only view
information about their own accounts, but managers can view all account information within their region.
6.1.2.2.3 Login Triggers
Login triggers are stored procedures that execute as part of the login process. Login triggers simplify the ongoing
administration of security policies in ASE. They are a convenient way of configuring an Application Context by
looking up tables with organizational and entitlement information, and setting values for all of the attributes within a
context. In the sales reporting example, an HR table could be referenced to set the Manager attribute. When an
employee’s Manager status changes, the security policy applied to that employee would be updated automatically.
In addition, login triggers can query other tables and use that data to support a number of different account usage
policies. For example, a login trigger could be used to prevent users from logging in outside of regular business
hours or to lock users’ accounts during vacation.
6.1.2.3 Residual Information Protection
When a database is dropped, all rows in the system tables of the master database which reference or define the
database are deleted. The actual data pages are not zeroed out, but they are not accessible to other databases. The
data pages are zeroed out when they are allocated to a newly created database.
When a table or index is created, pages are allocated from the next 8-page extent in the database. Although the data
areas of these pages are not zeroed out before use, the page header information is updated whenever a new page is
used for the object. The information in the database’s allocation pages, the allocation map for the object, and the
page headers, ensures that only data which has been written out may be accessed.
When a table is dropped, all rows in the system tables of the database in which the table resides which reference the
table and its associated indexes are deleted. The allocation bitmaps for all extents allocated to the table and its
indexes are zeroed out so that there is no access to those pages for that object ID (Tables, views, rules, and defaults
have an object ID). Object IDs are never reused, and are guaranteed to be unique. Truncating a table has the effect of
deleting all data rows for the table and de-allocating the associated data pages and extents from the table.
The Server expects files and raw device partitions used to store configuration information and data to be effectively
clear or empty when they are obtained from the underlying operating system. However, as indicated above, the
Server is designed to initialize or otherwise ensure that reads are not allowed before writes which alleviates
dependency on the operating system to actually clear the required resources. Eventually, when a file or device
partition is no longer necessary, the Server will effectively release it. Such files and device partitions are not cleared
by the Server, but it is expected that the operating system would not allow any residual contents to become available
to some other application (e.g., by reformatting or some other mechanism).
The Server expects the shared memory segments provided by the underlying operating system to be clear when they
are created. However, once the shared memory segments are obtained, they are not released by the Server until it
shuts down at which time it is expected that the operating system would not allow any residual contents to become
available to some other application. The Server uses these shared memory segments to store global data structures
and buffers. The Server object reuse policy on shared memory segments is either write-before-read or initialize
when the structure or buffer is created, alleviating dependency on the operating system to actually clear the
resources granted to the Server.
The User data protection function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
ST version issues
• FDP_ACC.1a: All database subjects are subject to the DAC policy for all available operations on
databases, tables, views, and stored procedures (and their contents).
• FDP_ACC.1b: All database subjects are subject to the Policy-based Access Control policy when selecting,
updating, or deleting data within database tables.
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• FDP_ACF.1a: Database objects have owners. Object ownership and ACLs are compared against user
identities and group memberships for that user in order to determine whether the request operation should
be allowed. Alternately, a user may have an active role that explicitly grants the requested access regardless
of the normal access check. If both of these checks fail, access will be refused. Note that both the DAC and
Policy-based Access Control policies must be simultaneously satisfied in order to obtain access.
• FDP_ACF.1b: Application contexts are established using Login Triggers and are subsequently compared
against Access Rules associated with columns within database tables when access is attempted. Access will
be allowed only if there is no Access Rule or if the Access Rule allows the access. Note that both the DAC
and Policy-based Access Control policies must be simultaneously satisfied in order to obtain access.
• FDP_RIP.2a: Objects are cleared when allocated, either by zeroing the data structures or by overwriting the
data structures with their new contents prior to being accessible.
6.1.3 Identification and authentication
The ASE Server supports an identification and authentication mechanism in addition to that of the underlying
operating system. In order to access the Server, a login account, including a login name and password, must be
created for the user. User accounts can optionally be associated with a trusted role (e.g., administrator), as described
in relation to the Security Management function (below). Login name, password and an internal Server identifier are
stored in the syslogins system table in the master database. The select permission is granted to ‘public’ but revoked
for the password and audflags columns of syslogins. Note that users can also be assigned to groups. Such
assignments are specific to each database and can be made only by an authorized administrator. The group
information is associated with each user session when a connection is made to a specific database.
To login to the Server, the user provides the login name and password to the Server. The Server compares the
password to that stored in the syslogins system table. If either login name or password is incorrect the login request
will fail and no TSF-mediated functions will be made available.
An authorized administrator can define a maximum number of failed login attempts for each user. If this number is
exceeded, the associated user will no longer be able to successfully login until an authorized administrator re-
enables the user account. Similarly, the administrator is provided guidance in the administrator guide to define
restrictions (e.g., minimum password length) that are enforceable by ASE Server to ensure that the chance of
guessing a password is sufficiently small (i.e., less than one in 500,000,000,000). Note that the login interface does
not echo passwords back to the user and when a failure occurs, the TOE indicates only that the identity or password
was incorrect.
As a result of a successful login, a subject is created on behalf of the client user and is represented by a user identity
which is represented by the combination of a unique Server-wide identifier (SUID) and a database-specific identifier
(UID). The subject is actually a separate task instantiated within the ASE Server assigned to the user's TDS
connection and associated with the user's identifiers. Once a session is established, ASE provides a number of
commands to change the identity of the session. An authorized administrator can freely change their identity and can
also explicitly grant other users the ability to change their identities. When assigning the ability to change identity,
the authorized administrator can specify a user list and a set of roles that serve to restrict the identities that can be
assumed via this ability (note that the set of roles restricts the assumable identities to those that share the identified
roles). Furthermore, while all of a users system defined roles and the roles added as default roles are enabled when a
session is established, a user can freely enable and disable any of their assigned roles during the session.
In addition to the user's identifiers and password, any roles assigned to the user are stored in the system tables. The
set of active roles in a given user session is stored in in-memory session specific data structures. Note that roles
represent sets of privileges available to the user and the assignment of one or more system-defined roles to a user
makes that user an authorized administrator.
The Identification and authentication function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
• FIA_AFL.1: An administrator can define the maximum number of failed login attempts before the user
account becomes disabled until re-enabled by an authorized administrator.
• FIA_ATD.1: The TOE defines user identities, authentication data, and roles within system tables.
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• FIA_SOS.1: The administrator is provided guidance necessary to configure the authentication parameters
(e.g., minimum password length) necessary to comply with this requirement.
• FIA_UAU.2: The TOE offers no TSF-mediated functions until the user is authenticated.
• FIA_UAU.7: The TOE does not echo passwords as they are entered and does not identify whether
applicable authentication failures are due to a bad identity, password, or some other reason.
• FIA_UID.2: The TOE offers no TSF-mediated functions until the user is identified.
• FIA_USB.1: Each user is identified and authenticated when a connection is made to the TOE and the TOE
instantiates a task with the user attributes for the duration of the connection. Changes to user attributes
associated with a connection are limited to changing identity and active roles – identities can be changed
only by an authorized administrator or a user that has been granted that ability by an authorized
administrator and only roles from the set assigned to the applicable user can be freely enabled and disabled.
6.1.4 Security management
ASE maintains a number of special tables to control how it operates. Some system tables apply to the entire ASE
instance - these are referred to as master database system tables. Other tables apply only to specific database
instances - these are referred to simply as system tables. All system tables are protected, using privileges, such that
only authorized administrators can update their contents, though select access is publicly offered for some contents
when appropriate.
Note that in general updates to system tables are done as effects of SQL commands such as create table or via
system stored procedures. Each of these commands is controlled using the DAC mechanism.
Among other things, the system tables are responsible to define user accounts including authentication data (i.e.,
passwords), associate system-defined roles (i.e., System Administrator, System Security Officer, and Operator) with
user accounts, define audit parameters, store audit events, and define databases. As a result, all of the related
management functions are restricted to authorized administrators; where authorized administrators are defined as a
DBO in the context of the owned database or a user with one or more assigned system-defined roles.
Each of the system tables can be managed by an authorized administrator using the utility provided for that purpose:
isql. Any attempts to modify those tables will be accepted only if the data provided is valid within those tables.
Furthermore, any changes made within those tables will be effective the next time the data within the table is
accessed (e.g., a new user connection).
Access to other database objects, such as databases and their contents is subject to the Discretionary Access Control
Policy and any user with sufficient privilege, according to that policy, can manage the associated access attributes.
Like the system table data changes, changes to access attributes of database objects will be used during the next
attempt to access that object. Any database object that is created is initially accessible only by the creator who can
subsequently change the access permissions at their discretion.
The Security management function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
• FMT_MOF.1: The ability to enable and disable the audit related functions is restricted to an authorized
administrator through access controls on the applicable system tables and system stored procedures.
• FMT_MSA.1: The ability to manage database subject attributes is restricted to an administrator through
access controls on the applicable master database system tables, SQL commands and system stored
procedures.
• FMT_MSA.2: ASE rejects invalid data and given the flexible nature of each of the security functions in
operating properly with the data that is provided, the only ‘insecure’ data that could be entered by an
administrator would effectively be data that is invalid for the associated function. Hence, ASE prevents the
introduction of 'insecure' data.
• FMT_MSA.3: By default every database object is created with the creator as the owner. Subsequently,
access can be granted to other users, but there is no method to specify access other than the default during
creation.
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• FMT_MTD.1a: The ability to configure audited events is restricted to an authorized administrator through
access controls on the applicable system tables and system stored procedures.
• FMT_MTD.1b: The ability to delete or review audited events is restricted to an authorized administrator
through access controls on the applicable system tables.
• FMT_MTD.1c: The ability to set and reset subject authentication data is restricted to an authorized
administrator through access controls on the applicable system tables and system stored procedures.
• FMT_REV.1a: The ability to manage database subject attributes is restricted to an administrator through
access controls on the applicable master database system tables and system stored procedures. These tables
are used to determine subject attributes each time a user connects to the ASE Server.
• FMT_REV.1b: The ability to manage database object attributes is based upon the users access to the
database object. The owner of an object can always manipulate its attributes, as can the authorized
administrator. Other users can do so only went the applicable privileges have been granted.
• FMT_SMF.1: A utility is available providing administrators with the interface necessary to perform all
management functions, including: start and stop the audit function, select the auditable events to be audited,
review the audit data, and manage database subjects including authentication data.
• FMT_SMR.1: Each user account can be assigned zero or more system-defined roles. Any user account that
is assigned one or more system-defined role or is a database owner (DBO) is considered an 'authorized
administrator' and other user accounts are considered simply 'users'.
6.1.5 Protection of the TSF
ASE instantiates itself as a process within task constructs provided by the underlying operating system. It retains
exclusive control of its processes and separates and differentiates client connections based on TDS connections.
Each such connection is handled by a distinct task within the ASE Server process. In addition to protecting its own
processes, ASE protects its shared memory and files using features provided by the underlying operating system.
Specifically, it ensures that the security properties of those objects do not allow access by other operating system
processes. This serves to both protect ASE itself as well as to ensure that any attempts to access the database
constructs realized by ASE must be made through ASE. Furthermore, ASE has been carefully designed to offer
well-defined interfaces that ensure that access to protected resources is subject to the applicable ASE security
policies.
The Protection of the TSF function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
• FPT_RVM.1a: The TOE uses protected media (disk and memory) to store the objects it instantiates to
ensure that any access attempts must go through ASE where the appropriate access rules are enforced.
• FPT_SEP.1a: The TOE instantiates itself as a process which it protects from inappropriate access. The TOE
separates clients based on individual protocol connections.
6.1.6 Resource utilization
ASE allows administrators to define the following limits on queries and transactions issued by users:
• Maximum I/O cost,
• Maximum number of rows that can be returned,
• Maximum number of pages used in a temporary database, and
• Maximum elapsed time to process.
The administrator can also elect to define specific time periods for these restrictions so that, for example, resources
can be limited only during times of peak activity. These limits are configured and enforced using system stored
procedures provided by ASE.
The Resource utilization function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
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• FRU_RSA.1: Stored procedures allow administrators to define query and transaction limits to prevent
excessive use by any single database subject.
6.1.7 TOE access
ASE allows authorized administrators to define 'Login Triggers' which are stored procedures that are activated each
time a client logs into the ASE Server. Login triggers can effectively deny access to the ASE Server based on
criteria defined by the authorized administrator. Among the criteria that can be configured are disallowed time
periods and the maximum number of current sessions the user has. When the login trigger is activated, it checks the
applicable attributes against the defined criteria and if any of the rules match, the connection is rejected.
Furthermore, the authorized administrator can directly lock and unlock a user account using a stored procedure.
The TOE access function is designed to satisfy the following security functional requirements:
• FTA_MCS_EXP.1: Login Triggers can be used to restrict the number of concurrent client sessions.
• FTA_TSE.1: Login Triggers can be used to restrict specific user sessions based on the current time and a
store procedure is available to restrict user access by locking their account.
6.2 TOE Security Assurance Measures
6.2.1 Configuration management
The configuration management measures applied by Sybase ensure that configuration items are uniquely identified,
and that documented procedures are used to control and track changes that are made to the TOE. Sybase ensures
changes to the implementation representation are controlled with the support of automated tools and that TOE
associated configuration item modifications are properly controlled. Sybase performs configuration management on
the TOE implementation representation, design documentation, tests and test documentation, user and administrator
guidance, delivery and operation documentation, life-cycle documentation, vulnerability analysis documentation,
configuration management documentation, and security flaws.
These activities are documented in:
• Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Configuration Management Plan
The Configuration management assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2
assurance requirements:
• ACM_AUT.1
• ACM_CAP.4
• ACM_SCP.2
6.2.2 Delivery and operation
Sybase provides delivery documentation and procedures to identify the TOE, allow detection of unauthorized
modifications of the TOE and installation and generation instructions at start-up. Sybase’s delivery procedures
describe all applicable procedures to be used to detect modification to the TOE. Sybase also provides documentation
that describes the steps necessary to install Adaptive Server Enterprise in accordance with the evaluated
configuration.
These activities are documented in:
• Supplement for Installing Adaptive Server for Common Criteria Configuration, Document ID: DC00080-
01-1252-01, Last revised: November 2004
• Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Delivery and Operation Procedures, v 0.1, 04/30/2004
• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for Digital UNIX
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• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for HP-UX
• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for IBM RISC System/6000 AIX
• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for Linux/Intel
• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for Silicon Graphics IRIX
• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for Sun Solaris
• Installation Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for Windows NT
• Supplement for Installing Adaptive Server for Common Criteria Configuration
The Delivery and operation assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2
assurance requirements:
• ADO_DEL.2
• ADO_IGS.1
6.2.3 Development
Sybase has numerous documents describing all facets of the design of the TOE. In particular, they have a functional
specification that describes the accessible TOE interfaces; a high-level design that decomposes the TOE architecture
into subsystems and describes each subsystem and their interfaces; a low-level design that further decomposes the
TOE architecture into modules and describes each module and their interfaces; and, correspondence documentation
that explains how each of the design abstractions correspond from the TOE summary specification in the Security
Target to the actual implementation of the TOE. Furthermore, Sybase has a security model that describes each of the
security policies implemented by Adaptive Server Enterprise. Of course, the implementation of the TOE itself is
also available as necessary.
These activities are documented in:
• Object Reuse Design Specification
• Object Reuse Prevention Functional Specification
• Discretionary Access Control Functional Specification
• Access Control List Management Design Specification
• Policy Based / Row Level Access Control Functional Specification
• Policy Based / Row Level Access Control Design Specification
• Groups and System Defined Roles Functional Specification
• Groups and System Defined Roles Design Specification
• User Defined Roles Functional Specification
• User Defined Roles Design Specification
• Resource Governor Functional Specification
• Resource Governor Design Specification
• ASE Self Protection Functional Specification
• ASE Self Protection Design Specification
• Adaptive Server Enterprise Architecture Summary
• Adaptive Server Enterprise Auditing Functional Specification
• Adaptive Server Enterprise Auditing Design Specification
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• Identification and Authentication Design Specification
• Identification and Authentication Functional Specification
• Security Management Functions Functional Specification
• Configuration Interface Functional Specification
• Configuration Interface Design Specification
• Reference Validation Mechanism Design Specification
• Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Specification
• Dynamic Reconfiguration Functional Specification
• TDS 5.0 Functional Specification, Version 3.6
• ISQL Functional Specification
• T-SQL Correspondence
• Adaptive Server Enterprise Security Policy Model
• Source code (sample)
The Development assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 assurance
requirements:
• ADV_FSP.2
• ADV_HLD.2
• ADV_IMP.1
• ADV_LLD.1
• ADV_RCR.1
• ADV_SPM.1
6.2.4 Guidance documents
Sybase provides administrator and user guidance on how to utilize the TOE security functions and warnings to
administrators and users about actions that can compromise the security of the TOE.
These activities are documented in:
• Common Criteria Evaluation Road Map, Release bulletin for 12.5.2
• Configuration Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for UNIX, November 2004
• Configuration Guide Adaptive Server Enterprise for Windows NT, November 2004
• Sybase ASE 12.5.1 System Administration Guide, November 2004
• Sybase ASE 12.5.1 Reference Manual: Commands, November 2004
• Sybase ASE 12.5.1 Reference Manual: Procedures, November 2004
The Guidance documents assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 assurance
requirements:
• AGD_ADM.1
• AGD_USR.1
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6.2.5 Life cycle support
Sybase ensures the adequacy of the procedures used during the development and maintenance of the TOE through
the use of a comprehensive life-cycle management plan. Sybase includes security controls on the development
environment that are adequate to provide the confidentiality and integrity of the TOE design and implementation
that is necessary to ensure the secure operation of the TOE. Sybase achieves this through the use of a documented
model of the TOE life cycle and well-defined development tools that yield consistent and predictable results. In
addition, Sybase identifies and tracks reported flaws, ensuring that they are addressed and corrections and corrective
measures are made available as applicable.
These activities are documented in:
• Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Life Cycle Document
The Life cycle support assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 assurance
requirements:
• ALC_DVS.1
• ALC_FLR.2
• ALC_LCD.1
• ALC_TAT.1
6.2.6 Tests
Sybase has a test plan that describes how each of the necessary security functions is tested, along with the expected
test results. Sybase has documented each test as well as an analysis of test coverage and depth demonstrating that the
security aspects of the design evident from the functional specification and high-level design are appropriately
tested. Actual test results are created on a regular basis to demonstrate that the tests have been applied and that the
TOE operates as designed.
These activities are documented in:
• Sybase ASE Common Criteria Test Plan, v4.0
• Test Suite Documents and associated tests
o Identification and Authentication
o Row Level Access Control
o Auditing
o Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
o Resource Governor
o Dynamic Reconfiguration
o Groups and System Defined Roles
o User Defined Roles
o Configuration Interfaces
o isql (Interactive SQL parser)
o ASE Self Protection
o Security Management Functions
o Object Reuse Prevention
o Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
• Test Mapping to Design Specifications
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• T-SQL Correspondence
• Actual Test Results for all OS platforms
The Tests assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 assurance requirements:
• ATE_COV.2
• ATE_DPT.1
• ATE_FUN.1
• ATE_IND.2
6.2.7 Vulnerability assessment
The TOE administrator and user guidance documents describe the operation of Adaptive Server Enterprise and how
to maintain a secure state. These guides also describe all necessary operating assumptions and security requirements
outside the scope of control of the TOE. They have been developed to serve as complete, clear, consistent, and
reasonable administrator and user references. Furthermore, Sybase has conducted a misuse analysis demonstrating
that the provided guidance is complete.
Sybase has conducted a strength of function analysis wherein all permutational or probabilistic security mechanisms
have been identified and analyzed resulting in a demonstration that all of the relevant mechanisms fulfill the
minimum strength of function claim, SOF-Medium.
Sybase performs regular vulnerability analyses of the entire TOE (including documentation) to identify weaknesses
that can be exploited in the TOE.
These activities are documented in:
• Sybase ASE Vulnerability Analysis
The Vulnerability assessment assurance measure satisfies the following EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2
assurance requirements:
• AVA_MSU.2
• AVA_SOF.1
• AVA_VLA.2
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7. Protection Profile Claims
There are no Protection Profile claims.
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8. Rationale
This section provides the rationale for completeness and consistency of the Security Target. The rationale addresses
the following areas:
• Security Objectives;
• Security Functional Requirements;
• Security Assurance Requirements;
• Strength of Functions;
• Security Functional Requirement Dependencies;
• Explicitly Stated Requirements;
• TOE Summary Specification; and
• PP Claims.
8.1 Security Objectives Rationale
This section shows that all secure usage assumptions, organizational security policies, and threats are completely
covered by security objectives. In addition, each objective counters or addresses at least one assumption,
organizational security policy, or threat.
8.1.1 Security Objectives Rationale for the TOE and Environment
This section provides evidence demonstrating the coverage of organizational policies and usage assumptions by the
security objectives.
P.ACCOUNTABILITY
P.AUTHORIZATION
P.AUTHORIZED_USERS
P.I_AND_A
P.NEED_TO_KNOW
P.ROLES
T.ADMIN_ERROR
T.AUDIT_COMPROMISE
T.MASQUERADE
T.RESIDUAL_DATA
T.RESOURCE
T.SYSACC
T.TSF_COMPROMISE
T.UNAUTH_ACCESS
T.UNDETECTED_ACTIONS
T.UNIDENTIFIED_ACTIONS
A.NO_EVIL
A.NO_GENERAL_PURPOSE
A.PHYSICAL
A.ROBUST_ENVIRONMENT
A.NETWORK
O.ACCESS X X X X X
O.ADMIN_ROLE X
O.AUDIT_GENERATION X X X
O.AUDIT_PROTECTION X X
O.AUDIT_REVIEW X X
O.DISCRETIONARY_ACCESS X X
O.INTERNAL_TOE_DOMAINS X
O.MANAGE X X X
O.PROTECT X X X
O.RESIDUAL_INFORMATION X
O.RESOURCE X
O.TOE_PROTECTION X
O.USER_AUTHENTICATION X X X
O.USER_IDENTIFICATION X X X X X X
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OE.TIME X X
OE.TOE_PROTECTION X
OE.CONFIG X
OE.NO_GENERAL_PURPOSE X
OE.PHYSICAL X X X X X X
OE.TRUST_IT X
OE.NETWORK X
Table 5 Environment to Objective Correspondence
8.1.1.1 P.ACCOUNTABILITY
The users of the TOE shall be held accountable for their actions within the TOE.
This Organizational Policy is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.AUDIT_GENERATION: The TOE will record important user actions.
• O.AUDIT_REVIEW: The TOE will provide means for all recorded actions to be available for review by an
authorized administrator.
• O.USER_IDENTIFICATION: The TOE will uniquely identify all users.
• OE.TIME: The TOE will ensure that all recorded actions have reliable timestamps.
8.1.1.2 P.AUTHORIZATION
The TOE shall limit the extent of each user’s abilities in accordance with the TSP.
This Organizational Policy is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.ACCESS: The TOE will ensure that access control decisions are enforced based on the applicable user
and data security attributes and that administrators can manage user attributes.
• O.PROTECT: The TOE will ensure that access control decisions are enforced based on the applicable user
and data security attributes and that users can manage access to their own data.
• O.USER_IDENTIFICATION: The TOE will uniquely identify each user.
8.1.1.3 P.AUTHORIZED_USERS
Access controls will ensure that only those users who have been authorized to access the protected
information within the TOE will be able to do so.
This Organizational Policy is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.ACCESS: The TOE will provide mechanisms to allow only authorized users to access the TOE, mainly
Discretionary Access Controls.
8.1.1.4 P.I_AND_A
All users must be identified and authenticated prior to accessing any controlled resources with the
exception of public objects.
This Organizational Policy is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.USER_AUTHENTICATION: The TOE requires users to authenticate their identity prior to accessing
any other functions.
• O.USER_IDENTIFICATION: The TOE requires users to claim their unique identity prior to accessing any
other functions.
8.1.1.5 P.NEED_TO_KNOW
The TOE must limit the access to information in protected resources to those authorized users who have a
need to know that information.
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This Organizational Policy is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.ACCESS: The TOE provides the authorized administrator functions to change a user’s security attributes
when that user no longer needs to access certain information.
• O.DISCRETIONARY_ACCESS: The TOE requires the resources to be protected according to the rules of
the discretionary access control policy.
• O.PROTECT: The TOE requires the protection of resources.
• O.USER_IDENTIFICATION: The TOE requires access decision to be based on unique user identities.
8.1.1.6 P.ROLES
The TOE shall provide an authorized administrator role for secure administration of the TOE. This role
shall be separate and distinct from other authorized users.
This Organizational Policy is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.ADMIN_ROLE: The TOE has the objective of providing an authorized administrator role for secure
administration. The TOE may provide other roles as well, but only the role of authorized administrator is
required.
8.1.1.7 T.ADMIN_ERROR
An authorized administrator may incorrectly install or configure the TOE resulting in ineffective security
mechanisms.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.MANAGE: The TOE provides the administrator the necessary security management functions.
8.1.1.8 T.AUDIT_COMPROMISE
A process or user may cause audit data to be inappropriately accessed (viewed, modified or deleted), or
prevent future records from being recorded, thus masking an attacker’s actions.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.AUDIT_GENERATION: The TOE will generate an audit log.
• O.AUDIT_PROTECTION: The TOE must also provide protection for its audit data.
• OE.PHYSICAL: The environment must address the possible compromise of audit data due to physical
means.
8.1.1.9 T.MASQUERADE
An unauthorized user, process, or external IT entity may masquerade as an authorized entity to gain access
to data or TOE resources.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.USER_AUTHENTICATION: The TOE requires all users of the TOE to prove their claimed unique
identity.
• O.USER_IDENTIFICATION: The TOE uniquely identifies each user.
8.1.1.10 T.RESIDUAL_DATA
A user or process may gain unauthorized access to data through reallocation of TOE resources from one
user or process to another.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.RESIDUAL_INFORMATION: The TOE prohibits users from accessing data that had been stored in
system resources previously allocated to other users.
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8.1.1.11 T.RESOURCE
An authenticated database user might consume excessive global database resources in a way which
compromises the ability of other database users to access the DBMS.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.RESOURCE: The TOE has the means of limiting the consumption of such resources, including the
enforcement of limits on the number of concurrent sessions an individual may have.
8.1.1.12 T.SYSACC
A malicious process or user may gain unauthorized access to the authorized administrator account, or that
of other trusted personnel.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.ACCESS: The TOE prevents the wrong individuals from gaining unauthorized access to the authorized
administrator’s account.
• O.MANAGE: The TOE provides mechanisms for the authorized administrator to set the security attributes
for users so they are not allowed admin access.
• O.USER_AUTHENTICATION: The TOE requires the authorized administrator to be authenticated.
• O.USER_IDENTIFICATION: The TOE requires the authorized administrator to be uniquely identified.
• OE.PHYSICAL: The environment must address the possible unauthorized access to administrative
accounts due to physical means.
8.1.1.13 T.TSF_COMPROMISE
A malicious user or process may cause TOE data to be inappropriately accessed (viewed, modified or
deleted).
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.TOE_PROTECTION: The TOE protects TSF data and executable code.
• OE.TOE_PROTECTION: The IT environment protects its own data and executable code as well as that of
its hosted applications.
• OE.PHYSICAL: The environment must protect the TSF data and executable code from a compromise
through physical means.
8.1.1.14 T.UNAUTH_ACCESS
A user may gain unauthorized access (view, modify, delete) to user data.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.ACCESS: The TOE ensures that only authorized users may gain access to the TOE and the resources it
protects, and that users are not allowed to access protected data for which they are not authorized.
• O.DISCRETIONARY_ACCESS: The TOE controls access to user data by a discretionary access control
policy.
• O.INTERNAL_TOE_DOMAINS: The TOE maintains internal domains to keep data and processes of
concurrent users separate, so users cannot observe or interfere with other users’ data or queries.
• O.PROTECT: The TOE prevents unauthorized access to user data.
• OE.PHYSICAL: The environment must prevent unauthorized physical access to the TOE.
8.1.1.15 T.UNDETECTED_ACTIONS
Failure of the IT operating system to detect and record attempts to perform unauthorized actions may
occur.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.AUDIT_GENERATION: The TOE detects and records security relevant actions.
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• O.AUDIT_PROTECTION: The TOE prevents unauthorized modification. Of audit records
• OE.TIME: The TOE includes reliable timestamps with each audit record.
• OE.PHYSICAL: The environment must prevent potentially undetected physical manipulation of the TOE.
8.1.1.16 T.UNIDENTIFIED_ACTIONS
Failure of the authorized administrator to identify and act upon attempts to perform unauthorized actions
may occur.
This Threat is satisfied by ensuring that:
• O.AUDIT_REVIEW: The TOE provides the tools to effectively review audit records.
• O.MANAGE: The TOE provides necessary access to the audit trail.
8.1.1.17 A.NO_EVIL
Authorized administrators are non-hostile, appropriately trained and follow all administrator guidance.
This Assumption is satisfied by ensuring that:
• OE.CONFIG: Authorized administrators are trained and trusted to properly configure the IT environment
so it enforces its security policies.
8.1.1.18 A.NO_GENERAL_PURPOSE
There are no general-purpose computing capabilities (e.g., compilers or user applications) available on
DBMS servers, other than those services necessary for the operation, administration and support of the
DBMS.
This Assumption is satisfied by ensuring that:
• OE.NO_GENERAL_PURPOSE: The DBMS server must not include any general-purpose commuting or
storage capabilities. This will protect the TSF data from malicious processes.
8.1.1.19 A.PHYSICAL
It is assumed that appropriate physical security is provided within the domain for the value of the IT assets
protected by the TOE and the value of the stored, processed, and transmitted information.
This Assumption is satisfied by ensuring that:
• OE.PHYSICAL: The TOE, the TSF data, and protected user data is assumed to be protected from physical
attack (e.g., theft, modification, destruction, or eavesdropping). Physical attack could include unauthorized
intruders into the TOE environment, but it does not include physical destructive actions that might be taken
by an individual that is authorized to access the TOE environment.
8.1.1.20 A.ROBUST_ENVIRONMENT
It is assumed that the IT environment provides support commensurate with the expectations of the TOE.
This Assumption is satisfied by ensuring that:
• OE.TRUST_IT: The IT entities in the environment are correctly installed, configured, managed,
maintained and provide the applicable security functions.
8.1.1.21 A.NETWORK
It is assumed that the environment protects network communication media appropriately.
This Assumption is satisfied by ensuring that:
• OE.NETWORK: The environment is responsible to protect network traffic to and from the TOE from
unauthorized disclosure. Note that this is an environment objective since the possible mechanisms could
range from physical protection of the network media to cryptographic tunneling.
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8.2 Security Requirements Rationale
This section provides evidence supporting the internal consistency and completeness of the components
(requirements) in the Security Target. Note that Table 6 indicates the requirements that effectively satisfy the
individual objectives. .
8.2.1 Security Functional Requirements Rationale
All Security Functional Requirements (SFR) identified in this Security Target are fully addressed in this section and
each SFR is mapped to the objective for which it is intended to satisfy.
O.ACCESS
O.ADMIN_ROLE
O.AUDIT_GENERATION
O.AUDIT_PROTECTION
O.AUDIT_REVIEW
O.DISCRETIONARY_ACCESS
O.INTERNAL_TOE_DOMAINS
O.MANAGE
O.PROTECT
O.RESIDUAL_INFORMATION
O.RESOURCE
O.TOE_PROTECTION
O.USER_AUTHENTICATION
O.USER_IDENTIFICATION
OE.TIME
OE.TOE_PROTECTION
FAU_GEN.1 X
FAU_GEN.2 X
FAU_SAR.1 X
FAU_SAR.2 X
FAU_SAR.3 X
FAU_SEL.1 X
FAU_STG.1 X
FAU_STG.3 X
FDP_ACC.1a X X X
FDP_ACC.1b X X
FDP_ACF.1a X X X
FDP_ACF.1b X X
FDP_RIP.2a X X
FIA_AFL.1 X
FIA_ATD.1 X
FIA_SOS.1 X
FIA_UAU.2 X
FIA_UAU.7 X
FIA_UID.2 X
FIA_USB.1 X X X
FMT_MOF.1 X X
FMT_MSA.1 X X
FMT_MSA.2 X
FMT_MSA.3 X
FMT_MTD.1a X
FMT_MTD.1b X X
FMT_MTD.1c X X
FMT_REV.1a X
FMT_REV.1b X
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FMT_SMF.1 X X X
FMT_SMR.1 X
FRU_RSA.1 X
FPT_RVM.1a X X
FPT_SEP.1a X X
FTA_MCS_EXP.1 X
FTA_TSE.1 X
FDP_ACC.1c X
FDP_ACF.1c X
FDP_RIP.2b X
FPT_RVM.1b X
FPT_SEP.1b X
FPT_STM.1 X X
Table 6 Objective to Requirement Correspondence
8.2.1.1 O.ACCESS
The TOE will ensure that users gain only authorized access to it and to the resources that it controls.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FDP_ACC.1a: The Discretionary Access Control policy applies to all operations between subjects and
objects (databases, tables, views, and stored procedures) controlled by the TOE.
• FDP_ACC.1b: The Policy-based Access Control policy applies to select, update, and delete operations
between subjects and objects (rows) controlled by the TOE.
• FDP_ACF.1a: The subjects and objects under the discretionary access control policy will have certain rules
that apply to all accesses between them. The rules are based on subject identities and access control lists
associated with database objects that either grant or deny potential request access.
• FDP_ACF.1b: The subjects and objects under the policy-based access control policy will have certain rules
that apply to all accesses between them. The rules are based on application contexts determined during
session establishment that can be assigned to database columns to control access to individual rows in a
table.
• FMT_REV.1a: Security attributes associated with subjects and objects are the basis for access control.
Revocation of these security attributes would modify the access control policy. The authorized
administrator should have control over security attributes associated with users (such as user authentication
data), being the only role that can revoke them.
• FTA_TSE.1: The TOE can restrict access to itself (i.e., session establishment) based on the time.
8.2.1.2 O.ADMIN_ROLE
The TOE will provide authorized administrator roles to isolate administrative actions.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FMT_SMR.1: The TOE will establish, at least, an authorized administrator role. The authorized
administrator will be given privileges to perform certain tasks that other users will not be able to perform.
These privileges include, but are not limited to, access to audit information and security functions.
8.2.1.3 O.AUDIT_GENERATION
The TOE will provide the capability to detect and create records of security relevant events associated with
users.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
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• FAU_GEN.1: This objective is satisfied in part by the requirement that the TOE generate audit records
according to the minimum level of auditing, as defined by the Common Criteria.
• FAU_GEN.2: Each audit record written must be descriptive of the event that caused a record to be
generated, and must be associated with the unique identity of the user that caused the event.
• FAU_SEL.1: The TOE enables the authorized administrator to pre-select events to include in the audit log.
• FIA_USB.1: All subjects that act on behalf of users must have a binding that associates the subjects with a
user. This is necessary to be able to associate audit records with user identities.
• FMT_MOF.1: The TOE ensures that the authorized administrator role is the only role authorized to
manipulate the behavior of the audit generation mechanism.
• FMT_SMF.1: The TOE ensures that the authorized administrator role is able to manipulate the behavior of
the audit generation mechanism.
• FPT_STM.1: Reliable time stamps are assumed to be provided by the IT environment.
8.2.1.4 O.AUDIT_PROTECTION
The TOE will provide the capability to protect audit information.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FAU_SAR.2: Users must not be able to read the audit records, unless they have been granted explicit
readaccess to the audit log.
• FAU_STG.1: The TOE prevents unauthorized deletion or modification of audit records.
• FAU_STG.3: The TOE provides site-configurable options to prevent loss of audit data in the event the
audit storage space is exhausted.
• FMT_MTD.1b: Only the authorized administrator has the ability to query or clear audit records.
8.2.1.5 O.AUDIT_REVIEW
The TOE will provide the capability to selectively view audit information.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FAU_SAR.1: In order for the authorized administrator to review the audit logs they must be accessible in a
suitable form for the authorized administrator to read, which means the authorized administrator should
have the appropriate functions needed to interpret the data.
• FAU_SAR.3: The authorized administrator must be able to search and sort on the audit data based on date,
time, type of event, event status (success or failure), or user identity. This will allow the authorized
administrator to examine specific events more efficiently.
8.2.1.6 O.DISCRETIONARY_ACCESS
The TOE will control access to resources based upon the identity of users ,active roles in a user session,
group membership of users, object ownership and access control lists.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FDP_ACC.1a: The Discretionary Access Control policy applies to all operations between subjects and
objects controlled by the TOE.
• FDP_ACF.1a: The subjects and objects under the discretionary access control policy will have certain rules
that apply to all accesses between them. The rules are based on subject identities and access control lists
associated with database objects that either grant or deny potential request access.
• FIA_USB.1: All subjects that act on behalf of users must have a binding that associates the subjects with a
user uniquely.
• FMT_MSA.1: Only authorized administrators may manipulate the security attributes of database users.
• FMT_MSA.3: Default access control attributes are restrictive to prevent accidental (non-discretionary)
disclosure of information that should be protected.
• FMT_SMF.1: Authorized administrators must be able to manipulate the security attributes of database
users.
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8.2.1.7 O.INTERNAL_TOE_DOMAINS
The TSF will maintain internal domains for separation of data and queries belonging to concurrent users.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FPT_RVM.1a: The mechanisms providing self-protection are always invoked and not able to be bypassed.
• FPT_SEP.1a: The TSF enforces separation between the security domains within its scope of control.
8.2.1.8 O.MANAGE
The TOE will provide all the functions and facilities necessary to support the authorized administrators in
their management of the security of the TOE.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FMT_MOF.1: Only the authorized administrator will be able to enable or disable functions of the audit log.
This will prevent a malicious user from turning off the audit log while he/she performs a malicious act, then
turning it back on when he/she is done.
• FMT_MSA.1: Only authorized administrators may manipulate the security attributes of database users.
• FMT_MSA.2: The TOE rejects invalid and insecure data to help ensure the effectiveness of the security
functions.
• FMT_MTD.1a: Only authorized administrators are able to manage the inclusion/exclusion of specific
events to be audited.
• FMT_MTD.1b: Only authorized administrators are authorized to query or clear the audit log.
• FMT_MTD.1c: Only authorized administrators are authorized to set or reset user authentication data.
• FMT_SMF.1: The authorized administrator will be able to enable or disable functions of the audit log,
select audited events, review audit records, and manage database subjects and authentication data.
8.2.1.9 O.PROTECT
The TOE will provide mechanisms to protect user data and resources.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FDP_ACC.1a: The Discretionary Access Control policy applies to all operations between subjects and
objects (databases, tables, views, and stored procedures) controlled by the TOE.
• FDP_ACC.1b: The Policy-based Access Control policy applies to select, update, and delete operations
between subjects and objects (rows) controlled by the TOE.
• FDP_ACF.1a: The subjects and objects under the discretionary access control policy will have certain rules
that apply to all accesses between them. The rules are based on subject identities and access control lists
associated with database objects that either grant or deny potential requested access.
• FDP_ACF.1b: The subjects and objects under the policy-based access control policy will have certain rules
that apply to all accesses between them. The rules are based on application contexts determined during
session establishment that can be assigned to database columns to control access to individual rows in a
table.
• FDP_RIP.2a: When data is deleted from memory or storage (e.g., disk drive) it is often left intact and not
truly erased. It is then possible for other users with access to the memory to view previously protected data.
Therefore when a block of memory is allocated it is necessary to ensure all previous data stored in that
block has been made unavailable.
• FMT_REV.1b:. The discretionary nature of the policy allows users to modify access control permissions,
which are represented by security attributes. Users are allowed to modify the security attributes of subjects
and objects as permitted by the Discretionary Access Control policy.
8.2.1.10 O.RESIDUAL_INFORMATION
The TOE will ensure that any information contained in a protected resource is not released when the
resource is reallocated.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
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• FDP_RIP.2a: When data is deleted from memory or storage (e.g., disk drive) it is often left intact and not
truly erased. It is then possible for other users with access to the memory to view previously protected data.
Therefore when a block of memory is allocated it is necessary to ensure all previous data stored in that
block has been made unavailable.
8.2.1.11 O.RESOURCE
The TOE must provide the means of controlling the consumption of database resources by authorised users
of the TOE.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FRU_RSA.1: The TOE is required to limit database queries and transactions so that they do not exceed
specified I/O costs limits, return too many rows, and do not exceed a specified elapsed time limit.
• FTA_MCS_EXP.1: The TOE is required to allow administrator to restrict the maximum number of
concurrent user sessions.
8.2.1.12 O.TOE_PROTECTION
The TOE will protect itself and its assets from external interference or tampering.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FPT_RVM.1a: The TOE is required to allow access to protected objects only after it makes informed
access decisions.
• FPT_SEP.1a: The TOE is required to protect itself and separate the contexts of its users.
8.2.1.13 O.USER_AUTHENTICATION
The TOE will verify the claimed identity of users.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FIA_AFL.1: To prevent brute force attacks on authentication data, the administrator must specify an upper
bound on the number of unsuccessful authentications that will be allowed. Surpassing that threshold could
indicate a brute force user authentication attack, and the TOE needs to take appropriate action.
• FIA_SOS.1: User authentication is meaningful only if there is an extremely low probability of success for
random attempts to authenticate as an authorized user. The requirement ensures that the secret
authentication data is computationally difficult to guess randomly.
• FIA_UAU.2: Users must be authenticated before they can perform any TSF-mediated functions.
• FIA_UAU.7: To mitigate the chance of one user masquerading as another, the TOE will not echo
passwords and will not provide information that specifically identifies the nature of applicable
authentication failures.
• FMT_MTD.1c: The user authentication data is to be set only by an authenticated individual in an
authorized role.
8.2.1.14 O.USER_IDENTIFICATION
The TOE will uniquely identify users.
This TOE Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FIA_ATD.1: Each database user will have a list of security attributes associated with them. They will have
their unique identifier, any groups they may be a part of, for discretionary access control, any security roles
they posses, and any other attributes assigned by the ST writer.
• FIA_UID.2: Users must be identified to the TOE before they can perform any TSF-mediated functions.
• FIA_USB.1: All subjects that act on behalf of users must have a binding that associates the subjects with a
user uniquely.
8.2.1.15 OE.TIME
The IT environment will provide a time source that provides reliable time stamps.
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This IT Environment Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FPT_STM.1: The IT environment is required to provide a reliable time source.
8.2.1.16 OE.TOE_PROTECTION
The IT environment will provide protection to the TOE and its assets from external interference, tampering,
and disclosure.
This IT Environment Security Objective is satisfied by ensuring that:
• FDP_ACC.1c: The Environment Access Control policy applies to access operations between processes and
files and shared memory controlled by the IT environment.
• FDP_ACF.1c: The subjects and objects under the environment access control policy have rules that apply
to all accesses between them. The rules are based on process identities and access permissions associated
with files and shared memory that either grant or deny potential requested access.
• FDP_RIP.2b: The IT environment is responsible to ensure that it does not provide potential residual
information when providing object constructs to its hosted applications.F
• FPT_RVM.1b: The IT environment is required to allow access to protected objects only after it makes
informed access decisions.
• FPT_SEP.1b: The IT environment is required to protect itself and separate the contexts of its users.
8.3 Security Assurance Requirements Rationale
Adaptive Server Enterprise is targeted at a generalized IT environment with good physical access security and
competent administrators. Within such environments it is assumed that attackers will have a low to moderate attack
potential. As such, EAL 4 (augmented with ALC_FLR.2) is appropriate to provide the assurance necessary to
counter the potential for attack. Note also that this security target has defined an environment requiring more
security than the U.S. Government Protection Profile Consistency Guidance for Basic Robustness, dated 24 July
2002, and that is comparable to or better than the historical notion of the B1 level of the Trusted Computer System
Evaluation Criteria.
8.4 Strength of Function Rationale
Adaptive Server Enterprise is targeted at a generalized IT environment with good physical access security and
competent administrators. Within such environments it is assumed that attackers will have a moderate attack
potential. As such, a strength of functions claim of ‘medium’ is appropriate for the intended environment. Note that
the only applicable mechanisms (i.e., those that are probabilistic or permutational) are related to identification and
authentication (FIA_SOS.1, FIA_UAU.2, and FIA_UID.2).
8.5 Requirement Dependency Rationale
The following table represents an analysis of the dependencies of the security functional requirements (SFRs) in this
security target. The first column identifies all of the SFRs in this security target. The TOE SFRs are highlighted in
bold, unlike the IT environment SFRs. The second column identifies the minimum dependencies defined in the
Common Criteria v2.1 and associated interpretations2
. The third column identifies the actual requirements in this
security target that correspond to the identified dependencies. Again, the corresponding TOE SFRs are highlighted
in bold. Notice that this table demonstrates that all of the identified dependencies are satisfied. It also shows that the
TOE has some dependencies on the IT environment, but the requirements for the IT environment have been defined
such that it is not dependent upon the TOE.
2
The only International Interpretation that affects the dependencies of the SFRs in this security target as of the date
of the security target is International Interpretation #65. That interpretations introduces the SFR FMT_SMF.1 and
alters FMT_MOF.1, FMT_MSA.1, and FMT_MTD.1 so that they are all dependent upon it.
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With regard to the security assurance requirements (SARs), EAL 4 has been adopted from the Common Criteria and
it is assumed that it has been designed so that it fulfills the applicable dependencies. The only additional SAR in this
security target is ALC_FLR.2, which has no dependencies.
ST Requirement CC Dependencies ST Dependencies
FAU_GEN.1 FPT_STM.1 FPT_STM.1
FAU_GEN.2 FAU_GEN.1
FIA_UID.1
FAU_GEN.1
FIA_UID.2
FAU_SAR.1 FAU_GEN.1 FAU_GEN.1
FAU_SAR.2 FAU_SAR.1 FAU_SAR.1
FAU_SAR.3 FAU_SAR.1 FAU_SAR.1
FAU_SEL.1 FAU_GEN.1 and
FMT_MTD.1
FAU_GEN.1
FMT_MTD.1a
FAU_STG.1 FAU_GEN.1 FAU_GEN.1
FAU_STG.3 FAU_STG.1 FAU_STG.1
FDP_ACC.1a FDP_ACF.1 FDP_ACF.1a
FDP_ACC.1b FDP_ACF.1 FDP_ACF.1b
FDP_ACF.1a FDP_ACC.1 FDP_ACC.1a
FDP_ACF.1b FDP_ACC.1 FDP_ACC.1b
FDP_RIP.2a none none
FIA_AFL.1 FIA_UAU.1 FIA_UAU.2
FIA_ATD.1 none none
FIA_SOS.1 none none
FIA_UAU.2 FIA_UID.1 FIA_UID.2
FIA_UAU.7 FIA_UAU.1 FIA_UAU.2
FIA_UID.2 none none
FIA_USB.1 FIA_ATD.1 FIA_ATD.1
FMT_MOF.1 FMT_SMR.1 and
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_MSA.1 FMT_SMR.1 and
FMT_SMF.1 and
(FDP_ACC.1 or FDP_IFC.1)
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_SMF.1
FDP_ACC.1
FMT_MSA.2 ADV_SPM.1 and
FMT_MSA.1 and
FMT_SMR.1 and
(FDP_ACC.1 or FDP_IFC.1)
ADV_SPM.1
FMT_MSA.1
FMT_SMF.1
FDP_ACC.1
FMT_MSA.3 FMT_MSA.1 and
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_MSA.1
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_MTD.1a FMT_SMR.1 and
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_MTD.1b FMT_SMR.1 and
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_MTD.1c FMT_SMR.1 and
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_SMR.1
FMT_SMF.1
FMT_REV.1a FMT_SMR.1 FMT_SMR.1
FMT_REV.1b FMT_SMR.1 FMT_SMR.1
FMT_SMF.1 none none
FMT_SMR.1 FIA_UID.1 FIA_UID.2
FPT_RVM.1a none none
FPT_SEP.1a none none
FRU_RSA.1 none none
FTA_MCS_EXP.1 FIA_UID.1 FIA_UID.2
FTA_TSE.1 none none
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ST Requirement CC Dependencies ST Dependencies
FDP_ACC.1c FDP_ACF.1 FDP_ACF.1c
FDP_ACF.1c FDP_ACC.1 FDP_ACC.1c
FDP_RIP.2b none none
FPT_RVM.1b none none
FPT_SEP.1b none none
FPT_STM.1 none none
Table 7 Requirement Dependencies
8.6 Explicitly Stated Requirements Rationale
This security target includes one explicitly stated requirement: FTA_MCS_EXP.1. This requirement is very similar
to the CC Part 2 FTA_MCS.1 requirement; except that it only requires that the TOE must be able to limit concurrent
user sessions as opposed to requiring that it always must do so. This explicit requirement was necessary since the
CC does not provide the flexibility of having an optionally configured mechanism. As such, FTA_MCS_EXP.1
should be considered as an alternate version of FTA_MCS.1 that shares the same requirement class and family as
well as dependencies.
8.7 TOE Summary Specification Rationale
Each subsection in Section 6, the TOE Summary Specification, describes a security function of the TOE. Each
description is followed with rationale that indicates which requirements are satisfied by aspects of the corresponding
security function. The set of security functions work together to satisfy all of the security functions and assurance
requirements. Furthermore, all of the security functions are necessary in order for the TSF to provide the required
security functionality.
This Section in conjunction with Section 6, the TOE Summary Specification, provides evidence that the security
functions are suitable to meet the TOE security requirements. The collection of security functions work together to
provide all of the security requirements. The security functions described in the TOE summary specification are all
necessary for the required security functionality in the TSF. Table 8 Security Functions vs. Requirements
Mapping demonstrates the relationship between security requirements and security functions.
Security
audit
User
data
protection
Identification
and
authentication
Security
management
Protection
of
the
TSF
Resource
Utilization
TOE
access
FAU_GEN.1 X
FAU_GEN.2 X
FAU_SAR.1 X
FAU_SAR.2 X
FAU_SAR.3 X
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FAU_SEL.1 X
FAU_STG.1 X
FAU_STG.3 X
FDP_ACC.1a X
FDP_ACC.1b X
FDP_ACF.1a X
FDP_ACF.1b X
FDP_RIP.2a X
FIA_AFL.1 X
FIA_ATD.1 X
FIA_SOS.1 X
FIA_UAU.2 X
FIA_UAU.7 X
FIA_UID.2 X
FIA_USB.1 X
FMT_MOF.1 X
FMT_MSA.1 X
FMT_MSA.2 X
FMT_MSA.3 X
FMT_MTD.1a X
FMT_MTD.1b X
FMT_MTD.1c X
FMT_REV.1a X
FMT_REV.1b X
FMT_SMF.1 X
FMT_SMR.1 X
FPT_RVM.1a X
FPT_SEP.1a X
FRU_RSA.1 X
FTA_MCS_EXP.1 X
FTA_TSE.1 X
Table 8 Security Functions vs. Requirements Mapping
8.8 PP Claims Rationale
See Section 7, Protection Profile Claims.