SV-71923r1: The system must be configured to queue error reports until a local or DOD-wide collector is available. | Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must be configured to queue error reports until a local or DOD-wide collector is available.

Description

Discussion Text

Queueing error reports provides the ability for a system to collect reports locally or until a collection server can be contacted. Valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information may be lost if the report queue is disabled.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001312

Additional Details

IA Controls

ECSC-1

References

DPMS Target Windows Vista DISA DPMS Target Windows Vista 1029

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.fso.windows:def:4928
# The system must be configured to queue error reports until a local or DOD-wide collector is available.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# DisableQueue enabled
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting').GetValueKind('DisableQueue').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'DisableQueue' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DisableQueue') -eq 0))
}

if (-not (test_1)) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:4928
$registryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting"
$disableQueueValue = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "DisableQueue" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).DisableQueue
if ($disableQueueValue -eq 0) {
    Write-Output "FAIL"
    exit 1
}
Write-Output "PASS"
exit 0

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Error Reporting -> Advanced Error Reporting Settings -> "Configure Report Queue" to "Enabled".