Certification Report
EMC® ViPR® Controller v2.1.0.3
Issued by:
Communications Security Establishment
Certification Body
Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme
© Government of Canada, Communications Security Establishment, 2015
Document number: 383-4-329-CR
Version: 1.0
Date: 20 November 2015
Pagination: i to iii, 1 to 8
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DISCLAIMER
The Information Technology (IT) product identified in this certification report, and its
associated certificate, has been evaluated at an approved evaluation facility – established
under the Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS) – using the
Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision
4, for conformance to the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation,
Version 3.1 Revision 4. This certification report, and its associated certificate, applies only to
the identified version and release of the product in its evaluated configuration. The evaluation
has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of the CCS, and the conclusions of the
evaluation facility in the evaluation report are consistent with the evidence adduced. This
report, and its associated certificate, are not an endorsement of the IT product by the
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FOREWORD
The Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS) provides a
third-party evaluation service for determining the trustworthiness of Information Technology
(IT) security products. Evaluations are performed by a commercial Common Criteria
Evaluation Facility (CCEF) under the oversight of the CCS Certification Body, which is
managed by the Communications Security Establishment.
A CCEF is a commercial facility that has been approved by the CCS Certification Body to
perform Common Criteria evaluations; a significant requirement for such approval is
accreditation to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the General Requirements for the
Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories. Accreditation is performed under the
Program for the Accreditation of Laboratories - Canada (PALCAN), administered by the
Standards Council of Canada.
The CCEF that carried out this evaluation is EWA-Canada.
By awarding a Common Criteria certificate, the CCS Certification Body asserts that the
product complies with the security requirements specified in the associated security target. A
security target is a requirements specification document that defines the scope of the
evaluation activities. The consumer of certified IT products should review the security target,
in addition to this certification report, in order to gain an understanding of any assumptions
made during the evaluation, the IT product's intended environment, the evaluated security
functionality, and the testing and analysis conducted by the CCEF.
This certification report is associated with the certificate of product evaluation dated 20
November 2015, and the security target identified in Section 4 of this report.
The certification report, certificate of product evaluation and security target are posted on the
CCS Certified Products list (CPL) and the Common Criteria portal (the official website of the
Common Criteria Project).
This certification report makes reference to the following trademarks or registered
trademarks:
• EMC and ViPR are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation.
Reproduction of this report is authorized provided the report is reproduced in its entirety.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer....................................................................................................................................... i
Foreword........................................................................................................................................ii
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................... 1
1 Identification of Target of Evaluation................................................................................. 2
2 TOE Description ................................................................................................................... 2
3 Security Policy....................................................................................................................... 3
4 Security Target...................................................................................................................... 3
5 Common Criteria Conformance.......................................................................................... 3
6 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope............................................................................. 4
6.1 SECURE USAGE ASSUMPTIONS................................................................................... 4
6.2 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................................... 4
7 Evaluated Configuration...................................................................................................... 4
8 Documentation ...................................................................................................................... 4
9 Evaluation Analysis Activities ............................................................................................. 5
10 ITS Product Testing.............................................................................................................. 5
10.1 ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPER TESTS .......................................................................... 6
10.2 INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL TESTING ........................................................................ 6
10.3 INDEPENDENT PENETRATION TESTING....................................................................... 6
10.4 CONDUCT OF TESTING ............................................................................................... 7
10.5 TESTING RESULTS...................................................................................................... 7
11 Results of the Evaluation...................................................................................................... 7
12 Evaluator Comments, Observations and Recommendations ........................................... 7
13 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initializations..................................................................... 7
14 References.............................................................................................................................. 8
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Executive Summary
EMC® ViPR® Controller v2.1.0.3 (hereafter referred to as EMC® ViPR®), from EMC
Corporation, is the Target of Evaluation. The results of this evaluation demonstrate that
EMC® ViPR® meets the requirements of Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 2 augmented
for the evaluated security functionality.
EMC® ViPR® is a storage management virtual appliance product that is capable of
managing external storage resources of different types and supporting different storage
protocols. EMC® ViPR® allows administrators a single point of management for their entire
storage network.
EMC® ViPR® provides access to provision and backup external storage in the form of a
Virtual Data Center (VDC). Within a VDC there are one or more tenants, each tenant
representing a specific user or user group. A tenant allows the storage to be managed and
provisioned on a per-tenant basis. In a multi-tenant environment, each tenant is configured to
use specific resources within the VDC, and users are mapped to particular tenants. This
allows the storage allocated to a given group within an organization to be isolated from other
groups. Projects are tenant resources and are created within a tenant. All file and block
resources provisioned using EMC® ViPR® must be associated with a project.
EWA-Canada is the CCEF that conducted the evaluation. This evaluation was completed on
20 November 2015 and was carried out in accordance with the rules of the Canadian
Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS).
The scope of the evaluation is defined by the security target, which identifies assumptions
made during the evaluation, the intended environment for EMC® ViPR®, and the security
functional/assurance requirements. Consumers are advised to verify that their operating
environment is consistent with that specified in the security target, and to give due
consideration to the comments, observations and recommendations in this certification
report.
Communications Security Establishment, as the CCS Certification Body, declares that the
EMC® ViPR® evaluation meets all the conditions of the Arrangement on the Recognition of
Common Criteria Certificates and that the product will be listed on the CCS Certified
Products list (CPL) and the Common Criteria portal (the official website of the Common
Criteria Project).
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1 Identification of Target of Evaluation
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) for this EAL 2+ evaluation is EMC® ViPR® Controller
v2.1.0.3 (hereafter referred to as EMC® ViPR®), from EMC Corporation.
2 TOE Description
EMC® ViPR® is a storage management virtual appliance product that is capable of
managing external storage resources of different types and supporting different storage
protocols. EMC® ViPR® allows administrators a single point of management for their entire
storage network.
EMC® ViPR® provides access to provision and backup external storage in the form of a
Virtual Data Center (VDC). Within a VDC there are one or more tenants, each tenant
representing a specific user or user group. A tenant allows the storage to be managed and
provisioned on a per-tenant basis. In a multi-tenant environment, each tenant is configured to
use specific resources within the VDC, and users are mapped to particular tenants. This
allows the storage allocated to a given group within an organization to be isolated from other
groups. Projects are tenant resources and are created within a tenant. All file and block
resources provisioned using EMC® ViPR® must be associated with a project.
A diagram of the EMC® ViPR® architecture is as follows:
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3 Security Policy
EMC® ViPR® implements a role-based access control policy to control administrative
access to the system. In addition, EMC® ViPR® implements policies pertaining to the
following security functional classes:
Security Audit;
User Data Protection;
Identification and Authentication;
Security Management;
Protection of the TOE Security Functionality;
Resource Utilization; and
TOE Access.
4 Security Target
The ST associated with this Certification Report is identified below:
EMC Corporation ViPR® Controller v2.1.0.3 Security Target version 0.10, November 06,
2015
5 Common Criteria Conformance
The evaluation was conducted using the Common Methodology for Information Technology
Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 4, for conformance to the Common Criteria for
Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 4.
EMC® ViPR® is:
a. EAL 2 augmented, containing all security assurance requirements listed, as well as the
following:
• ALC_FLR.2 - Flaw Reporting Procedures.
b. Common Criteria Part 2 extended, with functional requirements based upon functional
components in Part 2, except for the following explicitly stated requirements defined in
the ST:
• EXT_FPT_RTC.I – Replicated TSF Data consistency.
c. Common Criteria Part 3 conformant, with security assurance requirements based only
upon assurance components in Part 3.
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6 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope
Consumers of EMC® ViPR® should consider assumptions about usage and environmental
settings as requirements for the product’s installation and its operating environment. This
will ensure the proper and secure operation of the TOE.
6.1 Secure Usage Assumptions
The following Secure Usage Assumptions are listed in the ST:
• The TOE software will be protected from unauthorized modification;
• There are one or more competent individuals assigned to manage the TOE and the
security of the information it contains; and
• The users who manage the TOE are non-hostile, appropriately trained and follow all
guidance.
6.2 Environmental Assumptions
The following Environmental Assumptions are listed in the ST:
• The TOE environment provides the network connectivity required to allow the TOE to
perform its function;
• The TOE is installed on the appropriate, dedicated hardware and hypervisor; and
• The TOE is located within a controlled access facility.
7 Evaluated Configuration
The evaluated configuration for EMC® ViPR® comprises:
• The software ViPR Controller v2.1.0.3 running in a three node or five node cluster
deployed in the form of a virtual appliance;
• User Interface (UI);
• Command Line Interface (CLI); and
• REST API (Representational State Transfer, Application Programming Interface)
available through the CLI Client.
The publication, EMC ViPR 2.1 Product Documentation Index Version 12, available
through EMC’s online community site, describes the procedures necessary to install and
operate EMC® ViPR® in its evaluated configuration.
8 Documentation
The EMC Corporation documents provided to the consumer are as follows:
EMC provides EMC ViPR 2.1 Product Documentation Index Version 12 through
EMC’s online community site, which includes the following:
• ViPR 2.1 – Understanding ViPR Users, Roles, and ACLs;
• ViPR 2.1 – Installing the ViPR CLI;
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• ViPR 2.1 – Access the ViPR REST API; and
• ViPR 2.1 – Install EMC ViPR Controller.
The following additional guides are also part of the TOE:
• EMC ViPR Release Notes, Release number 2.1.0, 302-001-392, 02, October, 2014;
• EMC ViPR v2.1 Security Configuration Guide, 302-001-391, 02, October 2014; and
• EMC ViPR v2.1 Command Line Reference, 302-001-390, September, 2014.
9 Evaluation Analysis Activities
The evaluation analysis activities involved a structured evaluation of EMC® ViPR®,
including the following areas:
Development: The evaluators analyzed the EMC® ViPR® functional specification and
design documentation; they determined that the design completely and accurately describes
the TOE security functionality (TSF) interfaces, the TSF subsystems and how the TSF
implements the security functional requirements (SFRs). The evaluators analyzed the EMC®
ViPR® security architectural description and determined that the initialization process is
secure, that the security functions are protected against tamper and bypass, and that security
domains are maintained. The evaluators also independently verified that the correspondence
mappings between the design documents are correct.
Guidance Documents: The evaluators examined the EMC® ViPR® preparative user
guidance and operational user guidance and determined that it sufficiently and
unambiguously describes how to securely transform the TOE into its evaluated configuration
and how to use and administer the product. The evaluators examined and tested the
preparative and operational guidance, and determined that they are complete and sufficiently
detailed to result in a secure configuration.
Life-cycle support: An analysis of the EMC® ViPR® configuration management system
and associated documentation was performed. The evaluators found that the EMC® ViPR®
configuration items were clearly marked.
The evaluators examined the delivery documentation and determined that it described all of
the procedures required to maintain the integrity of EMC® ViPR® during distribution to the
consumer.
The evaluators reviewed the flaw remediation procedures used by developer for the EMC®
ViPR®. During a site visit, the evaluators also examined the evidence generated by
adherence to the procedures. The evaluators concluded that the procedures are adequate to
track and correct security flaws, and distribute the flaw information and corrections to
consumers of the product.
All these evaluation activities resulted in PASS verdicts.
10 ITS Product Testing
Testing consists of the following three steps: assessing developer tests, performing
independent functional tests, and performing penetration tests.
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10.1 Assessment of Developer Tests
The evaluators verified that the developer has met their testing responsibilities by examining
their test evidence, and reviewing their test results, as documented in the ETR1
.
The evaluators analyzed the developer’s test coverage analysis and found it to be complete
and accurate. The correspondence between the tests identified in the developer’s test
documentation and the functional specification was complete.
10.2 Independent Functional Testing
During this evaluation, the evaluator developed independent functional tests by examining
design and guidance documentation.
All testing was planned and documented to a sufficient level of detail to allow repeatability
of the testing procedures and results. Resulting from this test coverage approach is the
following list of test goals:
a. Initialization: The objective of this test goal is to confirm that the TOE can be installed
and configured into the evaluated configuration, as identified in the TOE;
b. Repeat of Developer's Tests: The objective of this test goal is to repeat a subset of the
developer's tests;
c. Concurrent User Login Separation: This objective of this test case is to demonstrate that
the TOE provides separation of concurrent logins;
d. NFS File Export Access: The objective of this test case will verify that only intended
clients will be able to access an NFS share; and
e. Node Failure Due To Power Loss: The objective of this test case is to demonstrate the
ability of the TOE to preserve a secure state and ensure consistent replication between
components of the TOE after power failure of a single node.
10.3 Independent Penetration Testing
Subsequent to the independent review of public domain vulnerability databases and all
evaluation deliverables, limited independent evaluator penetration testing was conducted.
The penetration tests focused on:
a. Use of automated vulnerability scanning tools to discover potential network, platform and
application layer vulnerabilities;
b. Port Scan: The TOE will be scanned to ensure only those ports that are allowed to be are
open; and
c. Information Leakage Verification: In this test case the TOE will be monitored for leakage
of information during login attempts.
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The ETR is a CCS document that contains information proprietary to the developer and/or the evaluator, and
is not releasable for public review.
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The independent penetration testing did not uncover any exploitable vulnerabilities in the
intended operating environment.
10.4 Conduct of Testing
EMC® ViPR® was subjected to a comprehensive suite of formally documented, independent
functional and penetration tests. The detailed testing activities, including configurations,
procedures, test cases, expected results and observed results are documented in a separate
Test Results document.
10.5 Testing Results
The developer’s tests and the independent functional tests yielded the expected results,
providing assurance that EMC® ViPR® behaves as specified in its ST and functional
specification.
11 Results of the Evaluation
This evaluation has provided the basis for an EAL 2+ level of assurance. The overall verdict
for the evaluation is PASS. These results are supported by evidence in the ETR.
12 Evaluator Comments, Observations and Recommendations
The evaluator recommends that potential operators of the TOE familiarize themselves with
relevant product documentation before operating ViPR Controller in a production
environment. Given that the appliance is installed in a virtual environment, it is also required
that personnel deploying the TOE are properly trained in the operation and security
requirements of the underlying hypervisor.
13 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initializations
Acronym/Abbreviation/
Initialization
Description
ACL Access Control List
CCEF Common Criteria Evaluation Facility
CCS Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and
Certification Scheme
CLI Command Line Interface
CPL Certified Products list
CM Configuration Management
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
ETR Evaluation Technical Report
IT Information Technology
ITSET Information Technology Security
Evaluation and Testing
PALCAN Program for the Accreditation of
Laboratories - Canada
REST API Representational State Transfer,
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Acronym/Abbreviation/
Initialization
Description
Application Programming Interface
SFR Security Functional Requirement
ST Security Target
TOE Target of Evaluation
TSF TOE Security Function
UI User Interface
VDC Virtual Data Center
14 References
This section lists all documentation used as source material for this report:
a. CCS Publication #4, Technical Oversight, Version 1.8, October 2010.
b. Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1
Revision 4, September 2012.
c. Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation, CEM,
Version 3.1 Revision 4, September 2012.
d. EMC Corporation ViPR® Controller v2.1.0.3 Security Target version 0.10,
November 06, 2015.
e. EMC Corporation ViPR® Controller v 2.1.0.3 Evaluation Technical Report, version
1.0, November 20, 2015.