Title

IBM z/OS UNIX MVS data sets with z/OS UNIX components must be properly protected. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Access control policies include: identity-based policies, role-based policies, and attribute-based policies. Access enforcement mechanisms include: access control lists, access control matrices, and cryptography. These policies and mechanisms must be employed by the application to control access between users (or processes acting on behalf of users) and objects (e.g., devices, files, records, processes, programs, and domains) in the information system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

Check Content

If the ESM data set rules for each of the data sets listed in the table below restrict UPDATE and ALLOCATE access to systems programming personnel, this is not a finding. MVS DATA SETS WITH z/OS UNIX COMPONENTS DATA SET NAME/MASK MAINTENANCE TYPE FUNCTION SYS1.ABPX* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX ISPF panels, messages, tables, clists SYS1.AFOM* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX Application Services SYS1.BPA.ABPA* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX Connection Scaling Process Mgr. SYS1.CMX.ACMX* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX Connection Scaling Connection Mgr. SYS1.SBPX* Target IBM z/OS UNIX ISPF panels, messages, tables, clists SYS1.SFOM* Target IBM z/OS UNIX Application Services SYS1.CMX.SCMX* Target IBM z/OS UNIX Connection Scaling Connection Mgr.

Fix Text

Define ESM data set rules for each of the data sets listed in the table below restrict UPDATE and ALLOCATE access to systems programming personnel. The data sets designated as distribution data sets should have all access restricted to systems programming personnel. TSO/E users who also use z/OS UNIX should have read access to the SYS1.SBPX* data sets. Read access for all users to the remaining target data sets is at the site's discretion. All other access must be restricted to systems programming personnel. MVS DATA SETS WITH z/OS UNIX COMPONENTS DATA SET NAME/MASK MAINTENANCE TYPE FUNCTION SYS1.ABPX* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX ISPF panels, messages, tables, clists SYS1.AFOM* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX Application Services SYS1.BPA.ABPA* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX Connection Scaling Process Mgr. SYS1.CMX.ACMX* Distribution IBM z/OS UNIX Connection Scaling Connection Mgr. SYS1.SBPX* Target IBM z/OS UNIX ISPF panels, messages, tables, clists SYS1.SFOM* Target IBM z/OS UNIX Application Services SYS1.CMX.SCMX* Target IBM z/OS UNIX Connection Scaling Connection Mgr.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-223623r958472_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-223623

Group Title: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

Expert Comments

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