Ensure SOAP messages are Signed and encrypted with WS- Security policy

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Description

Signing and encrypting SOAP messages protects JAX-WS web services. The benchmark marks this recommendation Manual; TMAegis reports it as a manual review item with the audit steps.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Ensure that SignedParts and EncryptedParts are specified in the WS-Security policy in wsdl or policy attachment files for each web service. grep -w -R 'SignedParts\|EncryptedParts' ${server.config.dir}

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Add SignedParts and EncryptedParts assertions to sign and encrypt SOAP Body wsdl or policy attachment files for each web service. <wsp:Policy> ... <sp:SignedParts> <sp:Body /> </sp:SignedParts> ... <sp:EncryptedParts> <sp:Body /> </sp:EncryptedParts> ... </wsp:Policy>

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: webspheremanual-review
Reference: CIS IBM WebSphere Liberty Benchmark v1.0.0 - 6.4 Ensure SOAP messages are Signed and encrypted with WS- Security policy