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Table Of Contents
Security Target For Cisco IOS Firewall Versions 12.3(14)T and 12.4(4)T
3.2.1 Threats Addressed by the TOE
3.2.3 Organization Security Policies
4.1 Security Objective for the TOE
4.2 Security Objectives for the Environment
5.1 TOE Security Functional Requirements
5.1.1. FMT_SMR.1 Security roles
5.1.2. FIA_ATD.1 User attribute definition
5.1.3. FIA_UID.2 User identification before any action (1)
5.1.4. FIA_AFL.1 Authentication failure handling
5.1.5. FIA_UAU.5 Multiple authentication mechanisms (1)
5.1.6. FDP_IFC.1 Subset information flow control
5.1.7. FDP_IFF.1 Simple security attributes
5.1.8. FMT_MSA.1 Management of security attributes (1)
5.1.9. FMT_MSA.1 Management of security attributes (2)
5.1.10. FMT_MSA.3 Static attribute initialization
5.1.11. FMT_MTD.1 Management of TSF data (1)
5.1.12. FMT_MTD.1 Management of TSF data (2)
5.1.13. FMT_MTD.2 Management of limits on TSF data
5.1.13. FDP_RIP.1 Subset residual information protection
5.1.15. FCS_COP.1 Cryptographic operation
5.1.16. FPT_RVM.1 Non-bypassability of the TSP
5.1.17. FPT_SEP.1 TSF domain separation
5.1.18. FPT_STM.1 Reliable time stamps
5.1.19. FAU_GEN.1 Audit data generation
5.1.20. FAU_SAR.1 Audit review
5.1.21. FAU_SAR.3 Selectable audit review
5.1.22. FAU_STG.1 Protected audit trail storage
5.1.23. FAU_STG.4 Prevention of audit data loss
5.1.24. FMT_MOF.1 Management of security functions behavior (1)
5.1.25. FMT_MOF.1 Management of security functions behavior (2)
5.1.26. FMT_SMF.1 Specification of Management Functions
5.2 Environmental Security Functional Requirements
5.2.1. FIA_UID.2 User identification before any action (2)
5.2.2. FIA_UAU.5 Multiple authentication mechanisms (2)
5.3 TOE Security Assurance Requirements
6.1.2 Configuration and Management
6.1.4 Management and Resources
8.1 Rationale for IT Security Objectives
8.2 Security Requirements Rationale
8.2.1 Suitability of TOE Security Functions to Meet Security Requirements
8.2.2. SFR Dependency Rationale
8.2.3. Assurance Security Requirements Rationale
8.2.4. Mutually Supportive Security Requirements
8.2.5. Strength of Function Claims
Security Target For Cisco IOS Firewall Versions 12.3(14)T and 12.4(4)T
October 2006Version: 1.0Conventions
The notation, formatting, and conventions used in this Security Target document are largely consistent with the conventions used in Version 2.1 of the Common Criteria (CC) document. Selected presentation choices are discussed here to aid the Security Target reader. The CC allows several operations to be performed on functional requirements; refinement, selection, assignment and iteration are defined in Section 2.1.4 of Part 2 of the CC. Refinements are indicated by bold text and strike through. Selections are denoted by underlined, italicized text, and assignments are enclosed in [square brackets]. Iterations are denoted by showing the iteration number in parenthesis, numbered in sequence, as appropriate.
Terminology
In the CC document, many terms are defined in Section 2.3 of Part 1. The terms listed in Table 1 The are a subset of those definitions, and are listed here to aid the user of the Security Target.
The terminology in Table 2 is specific to the TOE and its environment; these definitions are also provided to aid the user of the Security Target.
Table 3 lists abbreviations that are used when referring to Cisco routers.
Document Organization
Section 1 provides the introductory material for the security target.
Section 2 provides general purpose and TOE description.
Section 3 provides a discussion of the expected environment for the TOE. This section also defines the set of threats that are to be addressed by either the technical countermeasures implemented in the TOE hardware or software or through the environmental controls.
Section 4 defines the security objectives for both the TOE and the TOE environment.
Section 5 contains the functional and assurance requirements derived from the Common Criteria, Part 2 and 3, respectively, that must be satisfied by the TOE.
Section 6 presents the Security Functions implemented by the TOE and the Assurance Measures applied to ensure their correct implementation.
Section 7 provides the Protection Profile claims made by this Security Target.
Section 8 provides a rationale to explicitly demonstrate that the information technology security objectives satisfy the policies and threats. Arguments are provided for the coverage of each policy and threat. The section then explains how the set of requirements are complete relative to the objectives, and that each security objective is addressed by one or more component requirements. Arguments are provided for the coverage of each objective.
Section 8 also provides a set of arguments that address dependency analysis, strength of function issues, and the internal consistency and mutual supportiveness of the requirements.
Section 1: Introduction
1.1 Identification
Title: Security Target for Cisco IOS/Firewall Version 1.0
Authors: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Last Updated: 4 October, 2006
CC Version: 2.2
Keywords: Firewall, Router
TOE: Cisco IOS/Firewall Versions 12.3(14)T and 12.4(4)T
1.2 Security Target Overview
The TOE is the implementation of the Firewall functionality of Cisco IOS running on Cisco Systems routers. Routers are used to construct IP networks by interconnecting multiple smaller networks or network segments. The Cisco IOS Firewall functionality controls the flow of internet protocol (IP) traffic between network interfaces.
The TOE is called Cisco IOS Firewall.
The TOE meets all the security requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense Traffic-Filter Firewall Protection Profile for Medium Robustness Environments, version 1.4, May 1, 2000 with the exception of AVA_VLA.3. This ST does not claim compliance with the referenced Traffic Filter Firewall Protection Profile for Medium Robustness Environments. The assurance class ALC_FLR.1 has been added in order to allow for assurance maintenance to be performed at a later date in order to update the certified products.
The specific versions of the Cisco IOS Firewall hardware and software included in this evaluation are listed in Table 4.
The TOE consists of a Cisco router and Cisco IOS software matching the various models and version information shown in Table 4, the TOE also includes the PIX Firewall Syslog Server which operates on a Windows 2000 platform (see section 2.3.2 Physical for version information). This software has been included to perform viewing, searching and sorting of audit data. The windows 2000 platform has been included under the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) Precedent PD-0113 which allows for the use of the third party product in completion of the functionality for the protection of stored audit data as specified in the SFR FAU_STG.1.
Routers are dedicated hardware devices with purpose written software, which performs many networking functions. The TOE only addresses the following:
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The Firewall function
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Functions relevant to the secure configuration and operation of the Firewall function, such as the authentication and configuration of TOE administrator, configuration of packet filter rules and the searching and sorting of audit data.
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The remote administration of the Cisco IOS router via SSH connections to the routers command line interface.
The Cisco IOS Firewall enhances existing Cisco IOS security capabilities with many features including authentication and encryption, and with state-of-the-art security features, such as stateful packet filtering, defence against network attacks, per user authentication and authorization, and real-time alerts.
1.3 CC Conformance Claim
This TOE conforms to the following CC specifications:
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Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Part 2: Security functional requirements, Version 2.2, January 2004, CCIMB-2004-01-002.
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Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Part 3: Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4), Version 2.2, Revision 256, January 2004, CCIMB-2004-01-003.
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Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Final Interpretation RI# 137, 30 January 2004.
All Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Final Interpretations from January 2004 through to the start of the evaluation of this TOE (September 30, 2004) have been included.
This TOE uses the CCEVS Precedents PD-0113 to allow for the inclusion of Windows 2000 in order to satisfy the SFR FAU_STG.1, and PD-0115 to allow for authentication services to be provided by the TOE environment by the use of the RADIUS and TACACS+ protocols. This allows for compliance with interpretation I-0463.
2.0 TOE Description
This section provides context for the TOE evaluation by identifying the product type and describing the evaluated configuration.
2.1 Product Type
The TOE is comprised of Cisco routers running the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) as listed in Table 4, and operating in the capacity of a firewall.
Routers that support the TOE have a number of common hardware characteristics.
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Central processor that supports all system operations, such as an Intel Pentium, PowerPC, MIPS
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Dynamic memory, used by the central processor for all system operations
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Flash memory, used to store the operating system image
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Non-volatile memory, which stores configuration parameters used to initialize the system at system startup
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Multiple physical network interfaces (minimally two). Some models will have a fixed number and type of interfaces; some models will have slots that accept additional network interfaces.
Figure 1 Common Hardware Components of a Cisco Router
The basic operation of a router is as follows:
1.
The operating system reads the configuration parameters from non-volatile memory, builds the necessary data structures in dynamic memory and commences operation.
2.
IP packets are forwarded to the router over one or more of it's physical network interfaces, which processes them according to the system's configuration and state information dynamically maintained by the router. This processing typically results in the IP packets being forwarded out of the router over another interface, or dropped in accordance with a configured policy.
3.
The operating system employs packet filtering of the routed packets resulting in the packet flow being permitted or dropped, and logged in accordance with the configured policy. Packet filtering relies upon the basic routing functionality in order to function.
2.1.1 Cisco IOS Routers
Routers forward packets from one network segment to another based on network layer information (such as an IP address). Interconnected routers will exchange information to determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. The primary function of a router is to provide connectivity between networks of end systems. Routers can also filter packets to permit or deny packet flows.
All Cisco routers use common operating system software called the Internetwork Operating Systems (IOS). For a Cisco router to be compliant with the TOE, it must be equipped with the appropriate version of the Cisco IOS software that includes the Firewall function and configured in accordance with the TOE. The TOE-compliant routers and Cisco IOS software versions are identified in Table 4.
2.2 General TOE Functionality
The primary security function of the TOE is the use of Firewall functionality to provide controlled and audited access to services between networks by permitting or denying the flow of IP traffic traversing the firewall. Other functions of the TOE support this primary function.
This section describes Firewall options which are supported by the TOE.
2.2.1 Packet Filtering
Packet Filtering is the primary functionality implemented by the TOE; for example, TOE internetworking devices are deployed at the edges of untrusted networks (such as the Internet), in order to provide controlled communications between two networks that are physically separated. When a packet flow reaches the TOE, the TOE applies an information flow security policy in the form of access control lists and stateful inspection to the traffic before forwarding it into the remote network. Packet flows arriving at a network interface of the TOE are checked to ensure that they conform with the configured packet filter policy, this may include checking attributes such as the presumed source or destination IP address, the protocol used, the network interface the packet flow was received on, and source or destination UDP/TCP port numbers. Packet flows not matching the configured packet filter policy are dropped.
2.2.2 Auditing
The TOE generates a comprehensive set of audit logs that identify specific TOE operations. For each event, the TOE records the date and time of each event, the type of event, the subject identity, the affected subject identity and the outcome of the event. Audited events include; all configuration changes, user attribute changes, successful or failed authentication attempts, information flow events, success or failure of cryptographic operations, changes to system time and the use of audit functions.
The TOE uses TCP syslog for the reliable transport of audit data to the PIX firewall syslog server. The TOE has been configured to limit the loss of audit data in the event of failure of the TCP syslog connection or syslog server. The TOE allows for the searching and sorting of audit log data in a user friendly manner.
2.2.3 Administration
Since the Firewall function is embedded within the router operating system software, configuration, management and operation of the firewall must be undertaken through the normal IOS administrative interfaces provided by the router (console, SSH, syslog, etc). The administration of the TOE takes place by entering text based commands through the routers command-line interface (CLI). To ensure that only authorized administrator can gain secure access to these interfaces, the security target specifies that administration of the TOE may be conducted locally via the console port or remotely via an SSH connection to the TOE-enabled router provided an external AAA service capable of single-use mechanisms is used.
Management of the TOE router using SNMP, HTTP or Telnet is not included in the target of evaluation.
2.3 Scope and Boundaries
2.3.1 Logical
The TOE is a software function within Cisco routers. Routers are dedicated hardware devices with purpose written software that perform many networking functions. The TOE is a subset of the entire router functionality and only addresses:
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The Firewall function (see section 2.2.1 Packet Filtering)
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The Audit function (see section 2.2.2 Auditing)
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Functions relevant to the secure configuration and operation of the firewall function (see section 2.2.3 Administration)
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The remote administration of the Cisco IOS router via SSH connections to the routers command line interface (see section 2.2.3 Administration)
2.3.2 Physical
The TOE consists of two physical devices: the router with operating system (Cisco IOS) and firewall software, and the PIX Firewall Syslog Server (PFSS) software running on a Windows 2000 PC (referred to as the PIX Firewall Syslog Server). It should be noted that the Windows 2000 operating system is included in the TOE scope and that the Windows PC is in its evaluated configuration as specified by the Windows 2000 Security Target, Version 2.0, 18 October 2002. When the TOE-enabled router is in use, at least two of the network interfaces of the internetworking device will be attached to different networks. The router configuration will determine how packet flows received on an interface will be handled. Typically, packet flows that are permitted to be passed through the internetworking device will be forwarded to their configured destination, and all other packet flows dropped.
The PIX Firewall Syslog Server (PFSS) is to be physically connected to a trusted interface of the Cisco IOS Firewall directly or indirectly via an attached trusted network as shown in Figure 2
It should be noted that more than one untrusted network may be connected to the Cisco IOS Firewall via separate interface, and that an untrusted network may be considered internal or external, this allows for the use of the firewall to filter packet flows between two or more untrusted networks. In this situation the PFSS must still be connected via an additional trusted network.
The Authentication Server shown in Figure 2 is part of the TOE environment and may provides remote authentication services via the RADIUS or TACACS+ protocols. The remote authentication must be a single-use mechanism.
The 28xx, 38xx and 72/73xx series of routers are modular and include at least two Fast Ethernet interfaces. When the TOE consists of one of these series, a third interface is required to connect to the Trusted Network.
Figure 2 Typical Configuration for 28xx, 38xx, and 72/72xx
The 87x and 18xx series of routers are fixed configuration with a maximum of two Fast Ethernet interfaces. When the TOE consists of one of these series, a second instance of the TOE is required to protect access to the Trusted Network.
Figure 3
Typical Configuration for 87xx and 18xx
The scope of evaluation includes all of the Router makes, models, and corresponding Cisco IOS versions listed in Table 4.
The Cisco IOS binary image files are included in the TOE in their entirety.
The TOE also includes the PIX Firewall Syslog Server version 5.1(3). This software has been included to perform viewing, searching and sorting of audit data.
The scope of evaluation includes the network interface modules listed in the following table. These network interfaces have been confirmed to zeroize all data buffers used for the padding of transmissions. Note that the interfaces are listed by router families and models due to the differences between platform architecture.
The PFSS resides on a Windows 2000 platform. The Syslog server has been included because of its ability to perform reliable Syslog functions using TCP/IP and provide for the viewing, searching, and sorting of audit log data. The PFSS is designed so that multiple Cisco IOS Routers may transfer audit logs to a single PFSS. In the evaluated configuration the PFSS must be on a trusted network directly connected to the TOE as shown in Figure 2.
Cisco IOS software contains a collection of features that build on the core components of the system. Table 6 categorizes the features as included in the evaluated configuration ("Included"), excluded and therefore not available in the evaluated configuration ("Not to be Used"), and trusted to not interfere with the TSF ("Trusted").
Note
Apart from the exceptions listed in Table 6, all types of network traffic through and to the TOE are within the scope of the evaluation.
3. TOE Security Environment
To clarify the nature of the security problem that the TOE is intended to solve, this section describes the following:
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Any assumptions about the security aspects of the environment and of the manner for which the TOE is intended.
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Any known or assumed threats to the assets against which specific protection within the TOE or its environment is required.
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Any organizational security policy statements or rules with which the TOE must comply.
3.1 Secure Usage Assumptions
Table 7 lists assumptions that are made in relation to the operation of TOE.
3.2 Threats to Security
This ST identifies the threat agents against the TOE as attackers with expertise, resources, and motivation that combines to be a moderate attack potential.
3.2.1 Threats Addressed by the TOE
TOE addresses threats listed in Table 8.
3.2.3 Organization Security Policies
Table 9 describes the organizational security policies relevant to the operation of the TOE.
4. Security Objectives
The security objectives are a high-level statement of the intended response to the security problem. These objectives indicate how the security problem, as characterized in the "Security Environment" section of the ST (see the section "3. TOE Security Environment"), is to be addressed.
Table 10 describes security objectives for the TOE, while Table 11 describes objectives for the environment.
The environmental objective O.IDAUTH(env) is an iteration of the TOE Objective O.IDAUTH, and has been added in order to allow for remote authentication services to be provided by the environment.
The Security Objectives for the Environment (see section 4.2 Security Objectives for the Environment) are considered Non-IT.
4.1 Security Objective for the TOE
4.2 Security Objectives for the Environment
5. IT Security Requirements
5.1 TOE Security Functional Requirements
This section contains the functional requirements for the TOE, drawn from part two of the Common Criteria.
5.1.1. FMT_SMR.1 Security roles
FMT_SMR.1.1 - The TSF shall maintain the roles [privileged administrator, semi-privileged administrator and audit administrator].
FMT_SMR.1.2 - The TSF shall be able to associate human users with the privileged administrator, semi-privileged administrator and audit administrator roles.
5.1.2. FIA_ATD.1 User attribute definition
FIA_ATD.1.1 - The TSF shall maintain the following list of security attributes belonging to individual users:
a.
[identity
b.
association of a human user with the authorized administrator role
c.
the privilege level of a user role.]
5.1.3. FIA_UID.2 User identification before any action (1)
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.
5.1.4. FIA_AFL.1 Authentication failure handling
FIA_AFL.1.1 - The TSF shall detect when [a non-zero number determined by the authorized administrator] of unsuccessful authentication attempts occur related to [authorized TOE administrator access or authorized TOE IT entity access].
FIA_AFL.1.2 - When the defined number of unsuccessful authentication attempts has been met or surpassed, the TSF shall [prevent the offending external IT entity from successfully authenticating until an authorized administrator takes some action to make authentication possible for the external IT entity in question].
5.1.5. FIA_UAU.5 Multiple authentication mechanisms (1)
FIA_UAU.5.1 - The TSF shall provide [a password mechanism] to support user authentication.
FIA_UAU.5.2 - The TSF shall authenticate any user's claimed identity according to the [following multiple authentication mechanism rules:
a.
single-use authentication mechanism shall be used for authorized administrators to access the TOE remotely such that successful authentication must be achieved before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that authorized administrator.
b.
single-use authentication mechanism shall be used for authorized external IT entities accessing the TOE such that successful authentication must be achieved before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that authorized external IT entity.1
c.
reusable password mechanism shall be used for authorized administrators to access the TOE via a directly connected terminal such that successful authentication must be achieved before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that authorized administrator].
5.1.6. FDP_IFC.1 Subset information flow control
FDP_IFC.1.1 - The TSF shall enforce the [UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP] on the following:
a.
[subjects: unauthenticated external IT entities that send and receive information through the TOE to one another
b.
information: traffic sent through the TOE from one subject to another
c.
operation: pass information]
5.1.7. FDP_IFF.1 Simple security attributes
FDP_IFF.1.1 - The TSF shall enforce the [UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP] based on the following types of subject and information security attributes:
1.
[subject security attributes:
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Presumed address
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No additional attributes
2.
Information security attributes:
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presumed address of source subject
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presumed address of destination subject
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transport layer protocol
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TOE interface on which traffic arrives and departs
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Service
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No additional attributes]
FDP_IFF.1.2 - The TSF shall permit an information flow between a controlled subject and another controlled subject via a controlled operation if the following rules hold:
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[Subjects on an internal network can cause information to flow through the TOE to another connected network if:
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All the information security attribute values are unambiguously permitted by the information flow security policy rules, where such rules may be composed from all possible combinations of the values of the information flow security attributes, created by the authorized administrator
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The presumed address of the source subject, in the information, translates to an internal network address
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The presumed address of the destination subject, in the information, translates to an address on the other connected network
2.
Subjects on the external network can cause information to flow through the TOE to another connected network if:
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All the information security attribute values are unambiguously permitted by the information flow security policy rules, where such rules may be composed from all possible combinations of the values of the information flow security attributes, created by the authorized administrator
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The presumed address of the source subject, in the information, translates to an external network address
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The presumed address of the destination subject, in the information, translates to an address on the other connected network]
FDP_IFF.1.3 - The TSF shall enforce the [none].
FDP_IFF.1.4 - The TSF shall provide the following [none].
FDP_IFF.1.5 -The TSF shall explicitly authorize an information flow based on the following rules: [none].
FDP_IFF.1.6 - The TSF shall explicitly deny an information flow based on the following rules:
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[The TOE shall reject requests for access or services where the information arrives on an external TOE interface, and the presumed address of the source subject is an external IT entity on an internal network.
2.
The TOE shall reject requests for access or services where the information arrives on an internal TOE interface, and the presumed address of the source subject is an external IT entity on the external network.
3.
The TOE shall reject requests for access or services where the information arrives on either an internal or external TOE interface, and the presumed address of the source subject is an external IT entity on a broadcast network.
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The TOE shall reject requests for access or services where the information arrives on either an internal or external TOE interface, and the presumed address of the source subject is an external IT entity on the loopback network].
5.1.8. FMT_MSA.1 Management of security attributes (1)
FMT_MSA.1.1 (1) - The TSF shall enforce the [UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP] to restrict the ability to [delete attributes from a rule, modify attributes in a rule and add attributes to a rule] the security attributes [listed in section FDP_IFF1.1(1)] to [the privileged administrator].
5.1.9. FMT_MSA.1 Management of security attributes (2)
FMT_MSA.1.1 (2) - The TSF shall enforce the [UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP] to restrict the ability to delete and [create] the security attributes [information flow rules described in FDP_IFF.1(1)] to [the privileged administrator].
5.1.10. FMT_MSA.3 Static attribute initialization
FMT_MSA.3.1 - The TSF shall enforce the [UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP] to provide restrictive default values for information flow security attributes that are used to enforce the SFP.
FMT_MSA.3.2 - The TSF shall allow the [privileged administrator] to specify alternative initial values to override the default values when an object or information is created.
5.1.11. FMT_MTD.1 Management of TSF data (1)
FMT_MTD.1.1(1) - The TSF shall restrict the ability to query, modify, delete, [and assign] the [user attributes defined in FIA_ATD.1.1] to [the privileged administrator].
5.1.12. FMT_MTD.1 Management of TSF data (2)
FMT_MTD.1.1(2) - The TSF shall restrict the ability to [set] the [time and date used to form the timestamps in FPT_STM.1.1] to [the privileged administrator].
5.1.13. FMT_MTD.2 Management of limits on TSF data
FMT_MTD.2.1 - The TSF shall restrict the specification of the limits for [the number of authentication failures] to [the privileged administrator].
FMT_MTD.2.2 - The TSF shall take the following actions, if the TSF data are at, or exceed, the indicated limits: [actions specified in FIA_AFL.1.2].
5.1.13. FDP_RIP.1 Subset residual information protection
FDP_RIP.1.1 - The TSF shall ensure that any previous information content of a resource is made unavailable upon the allocation of the resource to the following objects: [resources that are used by the subjects of the TOE to communicate through the TOE to other subjects].
5.1.15. FCS_COP.1 Cryptographic operation
FCS_COP.1.1 - The TSF shall perform [encryption of remote authorized administrator sessions] in accordance with a specified cryptographic algorithm: [Triple Data Encryption Standard (DES) as specified in FIPS PUB 46-3 and implementing any mode of operation specified in FIPS PUB 46-3 with Keying Option 1 (K1, K2, K3 are independent keys)] and cryptographic key sizes [that are 192 binary digits in length and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) as specified in FIPS PUB 197 and cryptographic key sizes [that are 128 binary digits in length] that meet the following: [FIPS PUB 46-3 with Keying Option 1 and FIPS PUB 140-1 (Level 1)].
5.1.16. FPT_RVM.1 Non-bypassability of the TSP
FPT_RVM.1.1 - The TSF shall ensure that TSP enforcement functions are invoked and succeed before each function within the TSC is allowed to proceed.
5.1.17. FPT_SEP.1 TSF domain separation
FPT_SEP.1.1 - The TSF shall maintain a security domain for its own execution that protects it from interference and tampering by untrusted subjects.
FPT_SEP.1.2 - The TSF shall enforce separation between the security domains of subjects in the TSC.
5.1.18. FPT_STM.1 Reliable time stamps
FPT_STM.1.1 - The TSF shall be able to provide reliable time stamps for its own use.
5.1.19. FAU_GEN.1 Audit data generation
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
c.
[the events in Table 12].
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, outcome (success or failure) of the event
b.
For each audit event type, based on the auditable event definitions of the functional components included in the PP/ST, [information specified in column three of Table 12].
5.1.20. FAU_SAR.1 Audit review
FAU_SAR.1.1 - The TSF shall provide [an audit administrator] with the capability to read [all audit trail data] 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.
5.1.21. FAU_SAR.3 Selectable audit review
FAU_SAR.3.1 - The TSF shall provide the ability to perform searches and sorting of audit data based on:
a.
[presumed subject address
b.
ranges of dates
c.
ranges of times
d.
ranges of addresses]
5.1.22. FAU_STG.1 Protected audit trail storage
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.
5.1.23. FAU_STG.4 Prevention of audit data loss
FAU_STG.4.1 - The TSF shall prevent auditable events, except those taken by the privileged administrator and [shall limit the number of audit records lost] if the audit trail is full.
5.1.24. FMT_MOF.1 Management of security functions behavior (1)
FMT_MOF.1.1 (1) - The TSF shall restrict the ability to enable, disable the functions:
a.
operation of the TOE
b.
single-use authentication function described in FIA_UAU.5]
to [a privileged administrator].
5.1.25. FMT_MOF.1 Management of security functions behavior (2)
FMT_MOF.1.1(2) - The TSF shall restrict the ability to enable, disable, determine and modify the behavior of the functions:
a.
[audit trail management and backup / restore for audit trail data to [an audit administrator]
b.
backup and restore for TSF data, information flow rules, and audit trail data
c.
communication of authorized external IT entities with the TOE]
to [a privileged administrator].
5.1.26. FMT_SMF.1 Specification of Management Functions
FMT_SMF.1.1 - The TSF shall be capable of performing the following security management functions:
a.
[create, delete, modify, and view information flows rules that permit or deny information flows
b.
enable or disable the operation of the TOE
c.
configure the single-use authentication function described in FIA_UAU.5
d.
configure audit trail management
e.
backup and restore TSF data, information flow rules, and audit trail data
f.
enable or disable communication of authorized external IT entities with the TOE].
5.2 Environmental Security Functional Requirements
The following environmental SFRs have been included to allow for remote authentication services to be provided by the environment.
5.2.1. FIA_UID.2 User identification before any action (2)
FIA_UID.2.1 - The TOE Environment shall require each user to identify itself before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that user.
5.2.2. FIA_UAU.5 Multiple authentication mechanisms (2)
FIA_UAU.5.1 - The TOE Environment shall provide [a single-use password mechanism and single-use authentication mechanisms] to support user authentication.
FIA_UAU.5.2 - The TOE Environment shall authenticate any user's claimed identity according to the [following multiple authentication mechanism rules:
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single-use authentication mechanism shall be used for authorized administrators to access the TOE remotely such that successful authentication must be achieved before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that authorized administrator.
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single-use authentication mechanism shall be used for authorized external IT entities accessing the TOE such that successful authentication must be achieved before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that authorized external IT entity.
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reusable password mechanism shall be used for authorized administrators to access the TOE via a directly connected terminal such that successful authentication must be achieved before allowing any other TSF-mediated actions on behalf of that authorized administrator.2 ]
5.3 TOE Security Assurance Requirements
The TOE meets all the Assurance Requirements prescribed by EAL4 in Part 3 of the CC and additionally meets the ALC_FLR.1 assurance requirement. Assurance components are summarized by Assurance Class in Table 13.
6. TOE Summary Specification
This section presents the Security Functions implemented by the TOE and the Assurance Measures applied to ensure their correct implementation.
For specific information of TOE functions met by permutational or probabilistic mechanisms and their associated Strength of Function claims, see section 8.2.5 of this document.
6.1 IT Security Functions
This section presents the security functions performed by the TOE. Security Functional Requirements that are satisfied by a Security Function are identified in Table 14.
6.1.1 Packet Filtering
PACKETFILTER.1 - Packet Filtering
The TOE performs packet filtering by applying an information flow security policy (UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP), in the form of access control lists and stateful inspection, to specific interfaces of the TOE-enabled router. The access-control list and stateful firewall can include presumed source/destination IP address, protocol, interface and source/destination UDP/TCP port number. The TOE shall permit an information flow between controlled subjects if all information security attributes are permitted by the information flow security policy. Packets not matching the information flow security policy are logged and discarded by the router. The TOE rejects requests for access or services where the information arrives on a network interface, and the presumed address of the source subject is an external IT entity on a different network interface, this includes broadcast and loopback networks. This allows for traffic from known spoofed addresses, broadcasts and loopbacks to be blocked. By implementing this form of policy enforcement, the TOE ensures that the TSP cannot be bypassed as long as the TOE is correctly configured.
6.1.2 Configuration and Management
CONFIG.1 - Management Interfaces
The router can be configured, managed and operated using the command-line interface (CLI) either via direct local connection to a physical console port, or remotely via an in-band network connection. No management interfaces other than that provided via the console port are available in the Cisco IOS default configuration. The remote management connection to the CLI via SSH must be explicitly enabled to be used and all other remote management connections that Cisco IOS is capable of using, such as telnet, are disallowed in the evaluated configuration. The management interface presented at the console port is always enabled. Access to the CLI requires valid authentication.
The router maintains all Cisco IOS administrator roles. The Router can and shall be configured to authenticate both unprivileged and privileged access to the command line interface using a username and password. Privileged access is defined by any privilege level entering an enable password after their individual login. The router restricts the ability to create, modify and delete user accounts to authorized administrators (those with privileged access). No router CLI functions are accessible to an unauthenticated user, with the exception of the authentication functions. Additionally unprivileged access restricts the administrator from accessing any CLI commands that modify the security configuration of the TOE.
Both successful and unsuccessful authentication attempts are logged. After a number of unsuccessful authentication attempts, as configured by the administrator, the user account is locked and may no longer authenticate to the TOE until the user account is unlocked by an authorized administrator.
The privileged administrator has control over all router functions, attributes, and data, either by executing commands, viewing status and configuration, or editing the router configuration settings. The default configuration will be secure so that packet flows will not occur. The privileged administrator has the right to change from the default to allow packet flows.
The TOE security function CONFIG.1 uses access control to limit access to the audit log data whilst on the router to authorized administrators. To ensure that Audit data cannot be modified, functionality to allow for the modification of audit logs has not been implemented in the TOE. The PFSS is solely for the viewing of audit logs and does not have the ability to change the security configuration of the router.
CONFIG.2 - Management of Time
The router maintains real time using a reliable software clock that interfaces to an internal hardware clock. The router restricts the ability to change the system time to an authorized administrator. Hardware clocks are not available in the 800 series of routers, in this situation the administrator is required to update the software clock in the event of power failure or system restart.
6.1.3 Audit
AUDIT.1 - System Messages
The TOE generates audit messages that identify specific TOE operations - For each event, the TSF shall record the date and time of each event, the type of event, the subject identity, the affected subject identity and the outcome of the event. Audited events include; all configuration changes, user attribute changes, successful or failed authentication attempts, information flow events, success or failure of cryptographic operations, changes to system time and the use of audit functions. For more information on auditable events see section 5.1.19. FAU_GEN.1 Audit data generation.
TCP syslog is used to transmit data to the PIX Firewall Syslog Server (PFSS). In the event of audit storage failure on the PFSS, the reliable syslog connection will close causing the router to perform a series of reconnection attempts. If the router is continually unable to connect to the syslog server for a TCP retry period of nine minutes the router will fail close, disallowing all new connection attempts with the exception of connections to the administration interface. The router will remain in this state until the connection to the PFSS is made available and TCP Syslog configuration is re-established. In this case, the only audit data that will be lost is that of events occurring within the nine minute window in which the syslog connection is down, and the administration events generated afterwards.
AUDIT.2 - Audit Review
The review of audit logs is conducted using the PFSS. The PFSS receives reliable syslog transmissions from an IOS/Firewall enabled router as described in AUDIT.1. The PFSS stores audit data to the local hard disk. The audit logs can be viewed, searched and sorted using the purpose built Cisco software included with the PFSS. If the PFSS audit logs fill to their maximum allowed capacity, the TCP syslog connection will be closed.
The PFSS uses the Windows 2000 operating system to provide protection of the stored audit records.
6.1.4 Management and Resources
RESOURCE.1 - Management of Resources
The TOE prevents a subjects information resources from being available to other subjects by zeroising all memory used for the padding of transmissions prior to the construction of the individual packets to be sent by the interface. This functionality is implemented by the interface driver, and has been implemented in all network interface modules provided in this evaluation (see section 2.3.2 Physical for a full list of network interfaces included in the scope of this evaluation).
This function is designed to prevent data from previous transmissions being accidentally present in transmission padding (etherleak).
6.1.5 Protection of TSC
PROTECT.1 - Protection of TSC
To enforce the protection of the TOE configuration through the distinction and separation of information flows. The TOE protects itself from interference and tampering by untrusted subjects by implementing authentication and access controls to limit configuration to authorized administrators. Cisco IOS is not a general purpose operating system and access to Cisco IOS memory space is restricted to only Cisco IOS functions. Additionally, Cisco IOS is the only software running on the TOE enabled routers.
6.1.6 Remote Management
REMOTE.1 - Remote Management
The TOE implements Secure Shell (SSH) using 192-bit 3DES and 128-bit AES encryption for the purposes of remote management. The implementation of SSH provides an integrated single use mechanism in that the transport protocol provides a unique session identifier that is bound to the key exchange process. This is used by higher level protocols to bind data to a given session and prevent replay of data from prior sessions. See section 9.2.3 Replay of the SSH Protocol Architecture internetworking draft for more information on the SSH protocol (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-21.txt).
The use of SSH for remote management requires the use of the external authentication server for the purposes of one time authentication.
Remote management via SSH provides full access to the CLI command set.
6.2 Assurance Measures
The purpose of this section is to show that the identified assurance measures are appropriate to meet the assurance requirements by mapping the identified assurance measures onto the assurance requirements.
The Assurance Measures that demonstrate the correct implementation and use of the Security Functions of the TOE are as follows:
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Installation and Configuration for Common Criteria EAL4 Evaluated Cisco IOS/Firewall (ADM), version 1-0, October 2006.
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Functional Specification for Cisco IOS/Firewall (FSP), version A.20, 28 July 2006.
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TOE Security Policy Model for Cisco IOS/Firewall (SPM), version A.13, 24 August 2005.
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High Level Design for Cisco IOS/Firewall (HLD), version A.14, 30 June 2006.
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Low Level Design for Cisco IOS/Firewall (LLD), version 1-5, 28 June 2006.
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Cisco's Configuration Management Plan and Delivery Procedures (CMP), version 0-8, 7 August 2006.
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Cisco IOS Firewall Specific Configuration Items List and Delivery Procedures (CL), version 0-9, 30 June 2006.
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Development Security for Cisco IOS (DEVSEC), version 0-3, September 2005.
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IOSFirewall-EAL4-COV-DPT spreadsheet (ATE), version 0-11,June 2006.
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Misuse Analysis for Cisco IOS/Firewall (MSU), version 0-3, August 2005.
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Vulnerability Analysis/Strength of Function Analysis for Cisco IOS/Firewall (VLA-SOF), version 0-8 April 2006.
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Representational Correspondence Demonstration for Cisco IOS/Firewall (RCR), version A.10, 30 June 2006.
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TOE Source Code
Table Table 15 demonstrates that the identified assurance measures completely meet the assurance requirements by showing that all requirements are mapped to an assurance measure.
The assurance measures documents have been specifically written to meet the assurance requirements and are structured as follows:
Installation and Configuration for Common Criteria EAL4 Evaluated Cisco IOS/Firewall (ADM)
Since non-administrative users have no direct interaction with the TOE, no non-administrative user guidance is required. Therefore the assurance requirement AGD_USR.1 does not apply to this evaluation. The User Guidance document provides the following information:
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Guidance for TOE administrators with procedural information on installation, configuration and management of the TOE. (AGD_ADM.1)
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Describes procedures for the installation, generation, and start-up of the TOE. (ADO_IGS.1)
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Detailed syntax information on the external interfaces used for such interaction with the TOE. (ADV_FSP.2)
Functional Specification for Cisco IOS/Firewall (FSP)
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Describes the security functionality of the TOE. (ADV_FSP.2)
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Defines the external interfaces to the TOE. (ADV_FSP.2)
TOE Security Policy Model for Cisco IOS/Firewall (SPM)
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Describes the security policy implemented by the TOE (ADV_SPM.1)
High Level Design for Cisco IOS/Firewall (HLD)
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Describes the relationship between TOE sub-systems, their interfaces and the sequence of events in response to stimulus at those interfaces. (ADV_HLD.2)
Low Level Design for Cisco IOS/Firewall (LLD)
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Describes the TOE sub-systems, their interfaces and the sequence of events in response to stimulus at those interfaces (ADV_LLD.1)· A source code representation of the TOE. (ADV_IMP.1)
Cisco's Configuration Management Plan and Delivery Procedures (CMP)
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Describes the development life-cycle model. (ALC_LCD.1)
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Describes the development tools. (ALC_TAT.1)
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Describes the CM model (ACM_AUT.1) and how problem tracking and flaw remediation is undertaken. (ALC_FLR.1 and ACM_SCP.2)
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Description of TOE generation and acceptance procedures. (ACM_CAP.4)
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Describes the delivery procedures and how they provide for the detection of modification. (ADO_DEL.2)
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Describes additional development tools. (ALC_TAT.1)
Development Security for Cisco IOS (DEVSEC)
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Describes the security measures for the development site (ALC_DVS.1).
IOSFirewall-EAL4-COV-DPT spreadsheet (ATE)
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Describes the testing undertaken of the TOE and the implementation of the functionality specified in the ST and the design documentation. (ATE_DPT.1)
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Describes coverage of the testing. (ATE_COV.2)
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Describes the testing of security functionality. (ATE_FUN.1)
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The TOE will be provided to the evaluators. (ATE_IND.2)
Misuse Analysis for Cisco IOS/Firewall (MSU)
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Describes vulnerability analysis undertaken. (AVA_MSU.2)
Vulnerability Analysis/Strength of Function Analysis for Cisco IOS/Firewall (VLA-SOF)
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Strength of TOE security function evaluation. (AVA_SOF.1)
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Demonstrates that a systematic search for vulnerabilities has been conducted and provides an analysis showing that these vulnerabilities are not exploitable in the environment defined by this ST. (AVA_VLA.2)
Representational Correspondence Demonstration for Cisco IOS/Firewall (RCR)
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Demonstrates correspondence between ST, HLD, LLD and TOE Source Code. (ADV_RCR.1)
7. PP Claims
This Security Target does not make any claim of PP compliance. The Security Functional Requirements, TOE Security Environment and Objectives are based upon the U.S. Department of Defense Traffic-Filter Firewall Protection Profile for Medium Robustness Environments, version 1.4, May 1, 2000 but do not claim compliance with it.
8. Rationale
8.1 Rationale for IT Security Objectives
Since the rest of the security objectives for the environment are, in part, a restatement of the security assumptions, those security objectives trace to all aspects of the assumptions.
8.2 Security Requirements Rationale
The functional and assurance requirements presented in this Security Target are mutually supportive and their combination meets the stated security objectives. The security requirements were derived according to the general model presented in Part 1 of the Common Criteria. This section illustrates the mapping between the security requirements and the security objectives. Section 8.1 demonstrates the relationship between the threats, policies and IT security objectives. Together these tables demonstrate the completeness and sufficiency of the requirements.
The rationale for the SOF is based on the moderate attack potential identified in this Security Target. The security objectives imply the need for probable or permutational security mechanisms. The metrics defined in this Security Target are acceptable (such as passwords) metrics to protect information in DoD Mission-Critical Categories.
FMT_SMR.1 Security roles
Each of the CC class FMT components in this Protection Profile depend on this component. It requires the PP/ST writer to choose a role(s). This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SECFUN.
FIA_ATD.1 User attribute definition
This component exists to provide users with attributes to distinguish one user from another, for accountability purposes and to associate the role chosen in FMT_SMR.1 with a user. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.IDAUTH and O.SINUSE.
FIA_UID.2 User identification before any action
This component ensures that before anything occurs on behalf of a user, the users identity is identified to the TOE. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.IDAUTH and O.ACCOUN.
FIA_AFL.1 Authentication failure handling
This component ensures that human users who are not authorized administrators can not endlessly attempt to authenticate. After some number of failures that the authorized administrator decides, that must not be zero, the user becomes unable from that point on in attempts to authenticate. This goes on until an authorized administrator makes authentication possible again for that user. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SELPRO.
FIA_UAU.5 Multiple authentication mechanisms
This component was chosen to ensure that multiple authentication mechanism are used appropriately in all attempts to authenticate at the TOE from an internal or external network. An additional SOF metric for this requirement is defined in section 5.1.1 to ensure that the mechanism is of adequate cryptologic strength. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SINUSE and O.IDAUTH.
FDP_IFC.1 Subset information flow control
This component identifies the entities involved in the UNAUTHENTICATED information flow control SFP (for example, users sending information to other users and vice versa). This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.MEDIAT.
FDP_IFF.1 Simple security attributes
This component identifies the attributes of the users sending and receiving the information in the UNAUTHENTICAED SFP, as well as the attributes for the information itself. Then the policy is defined by saying under what conditions information is permitted to flow. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.MEDIAT.
FMT_MSA.1 Management of security attributes (1)
This component ensures the TSF enforces from TOE start-up the UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP to restrict the ability to add, delete and modify specified security attributes that are listed in section FDP_IFF1.1(1). This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.MEDIAT, O.SECSTA, and O.SECFUN.
FMT_MSA.1 Management of security attributes (2)
This component ensures the TSF enforces from TOE start-up the UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP to restrict the ability to create or delete specified security attributes that are listed in information flow rules in FDP_IFF.1(1). This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.MEDIAT, O.SECSTA, and O.SECFUN.
FMT_MSA.3 Static attribute initialization
This component ensures that there is a default deny policy for the information flow control security rules. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.MEDIAT, O.SECSTA, and O.SECFUN.
FMT_MTD.1 Management of TSF data (1)
This component ensures that the TSF restrict abilities to query, modify, delete and assign certain user attributes as defined in FIA_ATD.1.1 to only the authorized administrator. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SECFUN.
FMT_MTD.1 Management of TSF data (2)
This component ensures that the TSF restrict abilities to set the time and date used to form timestamps to only the authorized administrator. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SECFUN.
FMT_MTD.2 Management of limits on TSF data
This component ensures that the TSF restrict the specification of limits of the number of unauthenticated failures to the authorized administrator and specifies the action be taken if limits on the TSF data are reached or exceeded. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SECFUN.
FDP_RIP.1 Subset residual information protection
This component ensures that neither information that had flown through the TOE nor any TOE internal data are used when padding is used by the TOE for information flows. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.MEDIAT.
FCS_COP.1 Cryptographic operation
This component ensures that if the TOE does support authorized administrators to communicate with the TOE remotely from an internal or external network that DES is used to encrypt such traffic. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.ENCRYP.
FPT_RVM.1 Non-bypassability of the TSP
This component ensures that the TSF are always invoked from initial start-up. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SELPRO and O.SECSTA.
FPT_SEP.1 TSF domain separation
This component ensures that the TSF have a domain of execution that is separate and that cannot be violated by unauthorized users. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.SELPRO.
FPT_STM.1 Reliable time stamps
FAU_GEN.1 depends on this component. It ensures that the date and time on the TOE is dependable. This is important for the audit trail. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.AUDREC.
FAU_GEN.1 Audit data generation
This component outlines what data must be included in audit records and what events must be audited. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.AUDREC and O.ACCOUN.
FAU_SAR.1 Audit review
This component ensures that the audit trail is understandable. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.AUDREC.
FAU_SAR.3 Selectable audit review
This component ensures that a variety of searches and sorts can be performed on the audit trail. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objective: O.AUDREC.
FAU_STG.1 Protected audit trail storage
This component is chosen to ensure that the audit trail is always (for example, from initial start-up) protected from tampering. Only the authorized administrator is permitted to do anything to the audit trail. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.SECSTA, O.SELPRO. and O.SECFUN.
FAU_STG.4 Prevention of audit data loss
This component ensures that the authorized administrator will be able to take care of the audit trail if it should become full and resources will not be compromised upon recovery. This component also ensures that no other auditable events as defined in FAU_GEN.1 occur. Thus the authorized administrator is permitted to perform potentially auditable actions though these events will not be recorded until the audit trail is restored to a non-full status. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.SECSTA, O.SELPRO andO.SECFUN.
FMT_MOF.1 Management of security functions behavior (1)
This component was to ensure the TSF restricts the ability of the TOE start up and shut down operation and single-use authentication function (described in FIA_UAU.5) to the authorized administrator. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.SECSTA, O.SECFUN and O.LIMEXT.
FMT_MOF.1 Management of security functions behavior (2)
This component was to ensure the TSF restricts the ability to modify the behavior of functions such as audit trail management, back and restore for TSF data, and communication of authorized external IT entities with the TOE to an authorized administrator. This component traces back to and aids in meeting the following objectives: O.SECSTA, O.SECFUN and O.LIMEXT.
The environmental SFRs FIA_UAU.5(2), and FIA_UID.2(2) were chosen to ensure that multiple authentication mechanism are used appropriately in all attempts to authenticate at the TOE from an internal or external network. These requirements trace back to and aid in meeting the objective O.IDAUTH(env).
FMT_SMF.1 Specification of Management Functions requires that a defined set of security management functions are made available so that an administrator can manage the security configuration of the TOE. This security functional requirement directly provides support for the security objective O.SECFUN.
The requirement FMT_SMF.1 was included in this ST in addition to the SFRs to satisfy a dependency of FMT_MOF.1. This dependency was introduced in International Interpretation RI#65 which has since been incorporated into version 2.2 of part 2 of the Common Criteria.
To allow for authentication services to be provided by the TOE environment by the use of the RADIUS and TACACS+ protocols, the SFRs iterations FIA_UAU.5(2), and FIA_UID.2(2) have been included as environmental SFRs. And the original SFRs have been renamed as iterations FIA_UAU.5(1), and FIA_UID.2(1).
8.2.1 Suitability of TOE Security Functions to Meet Security Requirements
Table 17 maps each SFR to the TSF that implements the requirement in the TOE. The table shows the completeness of the TOE, since all SFRs are met by TSFs.
FCS_COP.1
The TSF REMOTE.1 satisfies this requirement by providing192bit 3DES and 128 bit AES encryption, as specified in FIPS PUB 46-3, for SSH based remote administrative functions.
FIA_UAU.5(1)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by requiring a username and password for user authentication, and an "enable" password for privileged administrator authentication.
FIA_UAU.5(2)
The TSFs REMOTE.1 and CONFIG.1 satisfy this requirement as they both require a username and password for user authentication when remote authentication services are used. The use of remote authentication services over RADIUS or TACACS+ protocols for Secure Shell (SSH) remote management sessions, satisfies the requirement for one time authentication.
FDP_IFF.1
The TSF PACKETFILTER.1 satisfies this requirement by permitting or denying a packet flow based on its presumed source/destination IP address, protocol, interface and source/destination UDP/TCP port number. The packet filter function is applied to TOE interfaces to implement the UNAUTHENTICATED SPF which defines the rules for packet filtering.
FDP_IFC.1
The TSF PACKETFILTER.1 satisfies this requirement by examining the attributes of each packet flow and applying the information flow control policy UNAUTHENTICATED SPF to it. See section 6.1.1 Packet Filtering for a full list of packet flow attributes.
FPT_RVM.1
The TSFs PACKETFILTER.1 and CONFIG.1 ensures that the TSP enforcement functions are invoked and succeed before each function within the TSC is allowed to proceed. The TSP cannot be bypassed provided the TOE is correctly configured. Packets are unable to pass through the TOE until the information flow control policy has been configured.
FAU_GEN.1
The TSF AUDIT.1 satisfies this requirement by generating audit logs in accordance with the requirement.
FAU_STG.4
The TSFs AUDIT.1 and AUDIT.2 satisfy this requirement by limiting the potential for the loss of audit data through reliable transfer to an external source and by limiting the functions of the TOE should the local audit logs reach their maximum capacity.
FAU_SAR.1
The TSF AUDIT.2 satisfies this requirement by enabling the ability for authorized users to review the audit logs.
FAU_SAR.3
The TSF AUDIT.2 satisfies this requirement by providing the means to select, search and sort audit data on the PIX Firewall Syslog Server.
FIA_UID.2(1)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by requiring users to undergo identification before access to its management interfaces is granted.
FIA_UID.2(2)
The TSFs REMOTE.1 and CONFIG.1 satisfy this requirement by requiring users to undergo identification before access to its management interfaces is granted when using either local or remote authentication services.
FIA_AFL.1
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by detecting unsuccessful authentication attempts, and locking a user from authenticated access to the TOE when the number of consecutive unsuccessful authentication attempts reaches a limit set by an authorized administrator. The account then requires unlocking by an authorized administrator before the user can be authenticated.
FMT_MTD.2
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by allowing an authorized administrator to set the threshold of unsuccessful authentication attempts required before a user account is locked. The TSF then enforces the requirements of FIA_AFL.1 should this occur.
FMT_SMR.1
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by maintaining the role of authorized administrator. The TSF is able to associate users with this role.
FMT_MOF.1(1)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by allowing only the authorized administrators the right to manage the operation and single use authentication functions of the TOE.
FMT_MOF.1(2)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by allowing only the authorized administrators the right to manage the configuration of the TOE security functions including those that implement the UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP.
FMT_MSA.1(1)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by allowing only the authorized administrators the right to manage the configuration that enforces the UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP.
FMT_MSA.1(2)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by allowing only the authorized administrators the right to manage the configuration that enforces the UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP.
FMT_MSA.3
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by ensuring that restrictive default values are allocated to security attributes for the UNAUTHENTICATED_SFP, and allowing the authorized administrator to alter the values from the default.
FIA_ATD.1
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by maintaining all required security attributes belonging to individual users.
FMT_MTD.1(1)
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by only allowing the authorized administrator to alter the TSF configuration.
FMT_MTD.1(2)
The TSFs CONFIG.1 and CONFIG.2 satisfy this requirement by only allowing the authorized administrator to alter the system time.
FMT_SMF.1
The TSF CONFIG.1 satisfies this requirement by implementing the functionality to work as follows:
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Create, delete, modify, and view information flows rules
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Enable or disable the operation of the router
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Configure SSH for remote management
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Configure audit trail management
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Allow for the backup and restoration of TSF data, information flow rules, and audit trail data; and
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Enable or disable communication of authorized external IT entities with the TOE by applying information flow rules.
FAU_STG.1
The TSF AUDIT.2 satisfies this requirement by protecting the stored audit records from unauthorized deletion and disallowing all modification whilst stored on the PFSS.
FPT_STM.1
The TSF CONFIG.2 satisfies this requirement by maintaining the system time and using the timestamp in audit records.
FDP_RIP.1
The TSF RESOURCE.1 satisfies this requirement by ensuring that all network interfaces used by the router use zeroised data for the purposes of padding transmissions.
FPT_SEP.1
The TSF PROTECT.1 satisfies this requirement because Cisco IOS runs on its own specific hardware and is not a general purpose OS. Additionally, Cisco IOS management functions are isolated by authentication, no programming interface is provided and only Cisco IOS functions are carried out on a Cisco IOS router.
8.2.2. SFR Dependency Rationale
With the exception of the functional component FCS_COP.1, all dependencies are contained in this Security Target. Functional component FCS_COP.1 depends on the following functional components: FCS_CKM.1 Cryptographic key generation, FCS_CKM.4 Cryptographic key destruction and FMT_MSA.2 Secure Security Attributes. Cryptographic modules must be FIPS PUB 140-1 compliant. If the cryptographic module is indeed compliant with this FIPS PUB, then the dependencies of key generation, key destruction and secure key values will have been satisfied in becoming FIPS PUB 140-1 compliant.
This Security Target includes the additional SFR FMT_SMF.1 with has been included to satisfy the dependency of the FMT_MOF.1 SFR. The inclusion of this SFR does not introduce any additional unsupported dependencies.
The SFRs FIA_UAU.5(1) and FIA_UAU.5(2) has been included to ensure that multiple authentication mechanisms used by the TOE are used appropriately. Both iterations of the SFR FIA_UAU.5 have been included in the ST in place of FIA_UAU.1 and are considered sufficient to satisfy the dependency of FIA_AFL.1.
8.2.3. Assurance Security Requirements Rationale
EAL4 Augmented was chosen to ensure a moderate level of security for protecting information in DoD Mission-Critical Categories. Mission-Critical Categories of information is assumed, by nature, to have a greater threat for disclosure and/or corruption by unauthorized parties by the assumption A.MODEXP.
As an indirect dependency of vulnerability analysis, tools and techniques used to develop, analyze and implement the TOE must be identified and documented. This is supported by the requirement ALC_TAT.1. Since the threat to Mission-Critical Categories of information is greater, more detailed product information is required as indicated by requirements ADV_HLD.2, ADV_IMP.1, and ADV_LLD.1 in this Protection Profile. The chosen assurance level as supported by O.EAL is consistent with the postulated threat environment. Specifically, that the threat of malicious attacks is not greater than moderate, and the product will have undergone vulnerability analysis by the developer and independent penetration testing by the evaluator.
8.2.4. Mutually Supportive Security Requirements
The mutually supportive security requirements rationale is presented in section 8.2 Security Requirements Rationale.
The additional security functional requirement FMT_SMF.1 directly supports FMT_MOF.1(1) and FMT_MOF.1(2) by providing a specific set of management functions with which to manage the security configuration of the TOE.
8.2.5. Strength of Function Claims
The TOE cryptographic components of the TOE are FIPS PUB 140-1 compliant, and therefore do not require a claim of strength for cryptographic algorithms to be made.
Cisco Systems has completed FIPS PUB 140-2 validations for the 8xx family (Certificate #707), 18xx fixed card family (Certificate #702), 1841/2801 (Certificate #620), 2800 family (Certificates #617,#619), 3800 family (Certificate #618), 7204VXR and 7301 (Certificate #673). The FIPS validated versions of software do not match exactly with this evaluation. Cisco Systems asserts that the versions of software included in this evaluation meet the requirements of FIPS PUB 140-2.
The SFR FIA_UAU.5(1) is implemented by the TSF CONFIG.1 which utilizes probabilistic mechanisms in order to accurately authenticate users via a username and password (CONFIG.1).
For the SFR FIA_UAU.5(1) the strength of function claim is SOF-medium. A strength of function claim of SOF-medium is also made for IT Security Function CONFIG.1. A SOF claim is not required for REMOTE.1 as it uses the TOE's cryptographic algorithms.
Identification and Authentication functions performed by the Windows 2000 platform also have a strength of function claim of SOF-medium as specified in the section 8.2.6 of the Windows 2000 Security Target, Version 2.0, 18 October 2002. The Windows 2000 platform Identification and Authentication functionality is in direct support of the SFR FAU_STG.1 and the TSF AUDIT.2 which protect the audit data stored on the PFSS.
The TOE claims a minimum strength of function of SOF-medium for the TOE security functional requirements and the TOE as a whole.
Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses. Any examples, command display output, and figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses in illustrative content is unintentional and coincidental.
© 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.1 Parts a and b of FIA_UAU5.2(1) is performed by the TOE environment and hence have been removed from FIAA_UAU.5.2(1) and included in the environmental iteration of this requirement (FIA_UAU.5.2(2)).2 Part c of FIA_UAU5.2 (2) is performed by the TOE and has been removed from the environmental iteration of this requirement.