Name of Your Organization:
GFI Software Ltd.
Web Site:
www.gfi.com
Compatible Capability:
GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
Capability home page:
http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan/
General Capability Questions
1) Product Accessibility <CR_2.4>
Provide a short description of how and where
your capability is made available to your customers and the public (required):
Product can be downloaded from our web site http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan
Mapping Questions
4) Map Currency Indication <CR_5.1>
Describe how and where your capability indicates
the most recent CVE version used to create or update its mappings (required):
At GFI, we use the CVE reference maps at
http://cve.mitre.org/cve/refs/refmap/ in order to map vulnerabilities from other sources such as OVAL
to CVE IDs.
Since these maps are based on CVE version 20061101 along with the latest
candidate data, these are the versions that we currently
support. Should a new
version come out, it will be supported automatically as we
import the new data
to our vulnerability databases.
5) Map Currency Update Approach <CR_5.2>
Indicate how often you plan on updating the mappings
to reflect new CVE versions and describe your approach to keeping reasonably
current with CVE versions when mapping them to your repository (recommended):
The CVE mappings are updated every time we release an update to
the Vulnerability
and Patch Management databases. This is because as part of the
process, the
software we use to update the databases, refers to the latest
reference maps at
http://cve.mitre.org/cve/refs/refmap/ and uses them to update
the mappings in the
database. The Patch Management database is updated on every
Microsoft patch
Tuesday, and also when other important updates come out, while
the Vulnerability
database is updated when new OVAL definitions are published.
6) Map Currency Update Time <CR_5.3>
Describe how and where you explain to your customers
the timeframe they should expect an update of your capability's mappings
to reflect a newly released CVE version (recommended):
GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner is being marketed as being updated
once a month or more frequently. This is when the CVE mappings
are updated.
Documentation Questions
7) CVE and Compatibility Documentation<CR_4.1>
Provide a copy, or directions to its location,
of where your documentation describes CVE and CVE compatibility for
your customers (required):
The CVE compatability documentation forms part of the user
manual which can
be opened from the main application by pressing F1. CVE
documentation can be
found in chapter 9. Scanning Profiles in sections "About CVE"
and "About CVE
Compatability".
8) Documentation of Finding Elements Using CVE Names <CR_4.2>
Provide a copy, or directions to its location, of
where your documentation describes the specific details of how your
customers can use CVE names to find the individual security elements
within your capability's repository (required):
Details can be found in the user manual, in chapter 9. Scanning profile,
section "Searching for CVE entries in GFI LANguard N.S.S.".
9) Documentation of Finding CVE Names Using Elements
<CR_4.3>
Provide a copy, or directions to its location, of
where your documentation describes the process a user would follow to
find the CVE names associated with individual security elements within
your capability's repository (required):
Details can be found in the user manual, in chapter 9. Scanning profile,
section "Obtaining CVE names".
10) Documentation Indexing of CVE-Related Material
<CR_4.4>
If your documentation includes an index, provide a copy of the items
and resources that you have listed under "CVE" in your index.
Alternately, provide directions to where these "CVE" items are posted
on your web site (recommended):
In the user documentation in Chapter 9. Scanning Profiles, a number of
sections regarding CVE can be found. These include the following:
- About CVE
- About CVE Compatibility
- About CVE and CAN
- Searching for CVE entries in GFI LANguard N.S.S.
- Obtaining CVE names
- Importing and exporting CVE Data
Candidate Support Questions
11) Candidates Versus Entries Indication <CR_6.1>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
how you indicate that candidates are not accepted CVE entries (required):
Along with the CVE ID list, the GUI contains a button, which when clicked,
opens the CVE urls in the user's web browser. The user can see whether the
CVE entry is accepted or is a candidate by viewing the web page.
12) Candidates Versus Entries Explanation <CR_6.2>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
where and how the difference between candidates and entries is explained
to your customers (recommended):
Details can be found in the user manual, in chapter 9. Scanning profile,
section "About CVE and CAN".
13) Candidate to Entry Promotion <CR_6.3>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
your policy for changing candidates into entries within your capability
and describe where and how this is communicated to your customers (recommended):
Since the way in which the user can see whether a CVE entry is a candidate
or is accepted depends on the user viewing the web page which is hosted on
the MITRE website, this is updated automatically.
14) Candidate Mapping Currency Indication <CR_6.6>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
where and how a customer can find the explanation of your search function's
ability to look for candidates and entries by using just the YYYY-NNNN
portion of the CVE names (recommended):
Since the candidate/accepted status must be read from the MITRE web page,
it is automatically implied that this is always up to date.
Type-Specific Capability Questions
Tool Questions
15) Finding Tasks Using CVE Names <CR_A.2.1>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how a
user can locate tasks in the tool by looking for their associated CVE
name (required):
The search functionality is provided in the Vulnerabilities tab in the
Configuration area. Here, the user can search using different criteria
including vulnerability name, and CVE ID.
In order to search for any CVE ID, the user should do the following:
- In the GFI LANguard N.S.S. window, from the tools explorer,
select the Configuration tab.
- Select the required Scanning Profile.
- Select the Vulnerabilities tab from the right pane.
- In the bottom-left area, look for the "Find vulnerability" label.
- From the drop-down list, select "by CVE ID".
- Enter the required CVE ID in the text box and click find.
- If the CVE ID is found, the corresponding vulnerability in the
list will be highlighted.
16) Finding CVE Names Using Elements in Reports <CR_A.2.2>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how,
for reports that identify individual security elements, the tool allows
the user to determine the associated CVE names for the individual security
elements in the report (required):
Upon executing a scan, the scan results are displayed in the right
pane. In order to obtain the CVE ID of a vulnerability that is listed
in the results, the user should double-click on the vulnerability
name, and from the "Edit vulnerability" dialog box that appears,
select the "References" tab. The CVE ID is shown as one of the
references.
17) Getting a List of CVE Names Associated with Tasks <CR_A.2.4>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how a user can obtain a
listing of all of the CVE names that are associated with the tool's
tasks (recommended):
In GFI LANguard N.S.S., the user should select the Configuration tab
from the Tools Explorer. The user can then select the Scanning
Profile that will be used for scanning. The Vulnerabilities tab
should then be selected from the main pane. All supported
vulnerabilities are listed along with their respecive CVE IDs. The
list can be sorted by CVE ID by clicking on the CVE ID column title.
Apart from viewing the list of vulnerabilities, the user may double-
click on any of the listed vulnerabilities, and in the "Edit
vulnerability" dialog box, select the References tab.
18) Selecting Tasks with a List of CVE Names <CR_A.2.5>
Describe the steps and format that a user would use to select a set
of tasks by providing a file with a list of CVE names (recommended):
This method of importing a list of CVE names from a file is not
supported as other more user-friendly methods are being provided
(see question 19).
19) Selecting Tasks Using Individual CVE Names <CR_A.2.6>
Describe the steps that a user would follow to browse, select, and
deselect a set of tasks for the tool by using individual CVE
names (recommended):
In GFI LANguard N.S.S., the user should select the Configuration tab
from the Tools Explorer. The user should then right click on
"Scanning Profiles" and from the menu select New > Scan Profile.
The user should then write a custom name as a Profile name, and
select "Vulnerability Scanning" as Profile category. The user should
then select the Vulnerabilities tab from the main pane. The
vulnerability list can be sorted by CVE ID by clicking on the CVE ID
column title. The user can then select individual vulnerabilities by
using the checkboxes near every item in the list.
20) Non-Support Notification for a Requested CVE Name <CR_A.2.7>
Provide a description of how the tool notifies the user that task
associated to a selected CVE name cannot be performed
(recommended):
If the user tries to search for a CVE ID that is not present in
GFI LANguard N.S.S., a message box appears, with the text "No
vulnerabilites were found that match your criteria".
Media Questions
29) Electronic Document Format Info <CR_B.3.1>
Provide details about the different electronic document formats that
you provide and describe how they can be searched for specific
CVE-related text (required):
The scan results can be exported to XML. This can be done by right-
clicking in the Scanned Computers pane, and selecting "Save scan
results to XML file".
The output XML file contains a node with CVE IDs for every
vulnerability found. This file can either be parsed using a custom
parser, or else can be opened using any application that formats
XML into human-readable format, such as Internet Explorer, and use
that application's features to search for CVE IDs.
30) Electronic Document Listing of CVE Names <CR_B.3.2>
If one of the capability's standard electronic documents
only lists security elements by their short names or titles provide
example documents that demonstrate how the associated CVE names are
listed for each individual security element (required):
This feature is not required in GFI LANguard N.S.S. because
vulnerabilities are listed along with their full details.
31) Electronic Document Element to CVE Name Mapping <CR_B.3.3>
Provide example documents that demonstrate the mapping from
the capability's individual elements to the respective CVE
name(s) (recommended):
GFI LANguard N.S.S. uses mappings from the CVE site. For
example, in order to map OVAL IDs with CVE IDs, the map at
http://cve.mitre.org/cve/refs/refmap/source-OVAL.html is
used. GFI LANguard does not download these pages directly,
but they are imported and processed by GFI in order to
create a complete database for the users.
If it is required to view the complete mapping that is used
internally by LANguard N.S.S., this can be found in the
mdb file located in <LANguard N.S.S. directory>\Data\
operationsprofiles.mdb. The table named VulnerabilityDefinitions
contains all the mappings between the Vulnerability names, CVE IDs,
MS Bulletin IDs, etc.
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
32) Finding Elements Using CVE Names Through the GUI <CR_B.4.1>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how the
GUI provides a "find" or "search" function for the
user to identify your capability's elements by looking for their associated
CVE name(s) (required):
The search functionality is provided in the Vulnerabilities tab in the
Configuration area. Here, the user can search using different criteria
including vulnerability name, and CVE ID.
In order to search for any CVE ID, the user should do the following:
- In the GFI LANguard N.S.S. window, from the tools explorer,
select the Configuration tab.
- Select the required Scanning Profile.
- Select the Vulnerabilities tab from the right pane.
- In the bottom-left area, look for the "Find vulnerability" label.
- From the drop-down list, select "by CVE ID".
- Enter the required CVE ID in the text box and click find.
- If the CVE ID is found, the corresponding vulnerability in the
list will be highlighted.
33) GUI Element to CVE Name Mapping <CR_B.4.2>
Briefly describe how the associated CVE names are
listed for the individual security elements or discuss how the user
can use the mapping between CVE entries and the capability's elements,
also describe the format of the mapping (required):
In GFI LANguard N.S.S., the user should select the Configuration tab
from the Tools Explorer. The user can then select the Scanning
Profile that will be used for scanning. The Vulnerabilities tab
should then be selected from the main pane. All supported
vulnerabilities are listed along with their respecive CVE IDs. The
list can be sorted by CVE ID by clicking on the CVE ID column title.
The user can then double click on any of the listed vulnerabilities,
and in the "Edit vulnerability" dialog box, select the References
tab. This shows the mapping between all supported references for that
specific vulnerability.
34) GUI Export Electronic Document Format Info <CR_B.4.3>
The scan results can be exported to an XML file that can be parsed
using a custom parser or viewed in a web browser. Details how this can
be done can be found in the answer to question 29.
Questions for Signature
35) Statement of Compatibility <CR_2.7>
Have an authorized individual sign and date the
following Compatibility Statement (required):
"As an authorized representative of my organization I agree
that we will abide by all of the mandatory CVE Compatibility Requirements
as well as all of the additional mandatory CVE Compatibility Requirements
that are appropriate for our specific type of capability."
Name: Andre' Muscat
Title: Director of Engineering
36) Statement of Accuracy <CR_3.4>
Have an authorized individual sign and date the
following accuracy Statement (recommended):
"As an authorized representative of my organization and to
the best of my knowledge, there are no errors in the mapping between
our capability's Repository and the CVE entries our capability identifies."
Name: Andre' Muscat
Title: Director of Engineering
37) Statement on False-Positives and False-Negatives <CR_A.2.8
and/or CR_A.3.5>
FOR TOOLS ONLY - Have an authorized individual sign
and date the following statement about your tools efficiency in identification
of security elements (required):
"As an authorized representative of my organization and to
the best of my knowledge, normally when our capability reports a specific
security element, it is generally correct and normally when an event
occurs that is related to a specific security element our capability
generally reports it."
Name: Andre' Muscat
Title: Director of Engineering
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