Title

The IBM z/VM CA VM:Secure Product SFS configuration file must be restricted to appropriate personnel. (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 SFS Configuration file is used to control the addition/deletion of file pools and user storage groups.

Check Content

Query the CA VM:Secure product rules. If there are product rules granting access to the disk on which the “SFS” configuration file resides for system administrators or DASD administrators only, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Create rules in the VM:Secure product Rules Facility that restricts access to the disk where the “SFS” configuration file resides to system administrators or DASD administrators only.

Additional Identifiers

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Vulnerability ID: IBMZ-VM-001270

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Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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