Title

The CA-TSS CANCEL Control Option must not be specified. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections. The CANCEL Control Option allows security administrators to use the O/S CANCEL command to bring the TSS address space down.

Check Content

From the ISPF Command enter: TSS MODIFY STATUS If the CANCEL Control Option is not specified, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Remove the CANCEL sub-option from the Control Options list. TSS MODIFY(control_option [(suboption_list)])

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-223932r877773_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-223932

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.