SV-224828r1059570: Systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level. | Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level.

Description

Discussion Text

Systems at unsupported servicing levels will not receive security updates for new vulnerabilities, which leaves them subject to exploitation. Systems must be maintained at a servicing level supported by the vendor with new security updates.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366SV-87891V-73239

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2016 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2016 4205

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Open "Command Prompt".

Enter "winver.exe".

If the "About Windows" dialog box does not display "Microsoft Windows Server Version 1607 (Build 14393.xxx)" or greater, this is a finding.

Preview versions must not be used in a production environment.

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2016:def:224828
# Systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# The installed operating system is not Windows Server 2016
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' -Name 'ProductName' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'ProductName') -match '^(?i)Windows Server 2016.*$')
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual ms_windows_server_2016 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2016:def:224828
if (!(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name "ProductName" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).ProductName -match "^(?i)Windows Server 2016.*$") {exit 1} else {exit 0}

Remediation

Upgrade the operating system to a supported version.