BSI-TR-03116-4 Policy
🗓️ 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.96176");
script_version("2026-06-23T06:54:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-23 06:54:08 +0000 (Tue, 23 Jun 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-02-18 11:22:31 +0100 (Thu, 18 Feb 2016)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_name("BSI-TR-03116-4 Policy");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Policy");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_ssl_tls_version_get.nasl", "gb_ssl_tls_ciphers_gathering.nasl",
"compliance_tests.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssl_tls/port", "ssl_tls/ciphers/supported_ciphers");
script_add_preference(name:"Perform check:", type:"checkbox", value:"no", id:1);
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/TechnischeRichtlinien/TR03116/BSI-TR-03116-4.pdf");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"BSI TR-03116-4: 2.3.2 Cipher Suites");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"BSI TR-03116-4: 2.2.1 Cipher Suites");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The German Federal Office for Information Security published a
guideline with specifications for the use of communication methods.
This script checks the specifications for securing communication using TLS by testing if at least
one of the mandatory cipher suites are enabled on the target:
- TLS 1.2: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS 1.3: TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_app");
exit(0);
}
include("ssl_funcs.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("policy_functions.inc");
title = "BSI TR-03116-4 (mandatory cipher suites)";
solution = "Add correct ciphers";
test_type = "TLS / SSL Handshake";
test = "Perform handshake";
pf = script_get_preference("Perform check:", id:1);
if(tolower(pf) != "yes")
exit(0);
set_kb_item(name:"policy/BSI-TR-03116-4/started", value:TRUE);
if(!port = tls_ssl_get_port()){
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "No TLS / SSL port found.";
}else if(!supported_versions = get_kb_list("tls_version_get/" + port + "/version")){
comment = "No TLS / SSL version detected.";
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
}else if(!ciphers = tls_get_supported_kb_ciphers( port:port, version:"*" )){
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "No supported ciphers detected.";
}else{
check_ciphers = make_list();
if("TLSv1.2" >< supported_versions){
default = ", TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, ";
default += "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256";
check_ciphers = make_list(check_ciphers, "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256");
}
if("TLSv1.3" >< supported_versions) {
default += ", TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256";
check_ciphers = make_list( check_ciphers, "TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256" );
}
if(default)
default = str_replace(string:default, find:", ", replace:"", count:1);
else
default = "";
foreach check_cipher(check_ciphers){
if(in_array( search:check_cipher, array:ciphers)){
ok_ciph += check_cipher + '\n';
value += ", " + check_cipher;
}
}
if(ok_ciph){
set_kb_item(name:"policy/BSI-TR-03116-4/" + port + "/ok", value:ok_ciph);
set_kb_item(name:"policy/BSI-TR-03116-4/ok", value:TRUE);
value = str_replace(string:value, find:", ", replace:"", count:1);
compliant = "yes";
comment = "Port: " + port;
}else{
report = "Keiner der unter Punkt 2.2.1 geforderten Ciphers wurde auf dem System unter Port " + port + " gefunden.";
set_kb_item(name:"policy/BSI-TR-03116-4/" + port + "/fail", value:report);
set_kb_item(name:"policy/BSI-TR-03116-4/fail", value:TRUE);
value = "None";
compliant = "no";
comment = "Port: " + port + ": None of the found ciphers matches the requirement";
}
}
policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
type:test_type, test:test, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:test, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
value:value, compliant:compliant);
exit(0);
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