STIGQter: STIG Summary: z/OS IBM Health Checker for RACF STIG Version: 6 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 20 Jan 2015:

IBM Health Checker STC data sets will be properly protected.

DISA Rule

SV-43172r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-17067

Group Title

ZB000001

Rule Version

ZHCKR001

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001499 - The organization limits privileges to change software resident within software libraries.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

The IAO will ensure that WRITE and/or greater access to IBM Health Checker STC data sets is limited to System Programmers and/or Quest NC-Pass’s STC(s) and/or batch user(s) only. READ access can be given to auditors.

The installing Systems Programmer will identify and document the product data sets and categorize them according to who will have WRITE and/or greater access and if required that all WRITE and/or greater access is logged. He will identify if any additional groups have WRITE and/or greater access for specific data sets, and once documented he will work with the IAO to see that they are properly restricted to the ACP (Access Control Program) active on the system. The dataset to be protected can be found in the HZSPROC STC member in HZSPDATA DD statement.

Data sets to be protected will be:
SYS3.*.HZSPDATA

The following commands are provided as a sample for implementing data set controls:

AD 'sys3.mmd.hzspdata.**' UACC(NONE) OWNER(SYS3) AUDIT(FAILURES(READ))

PE ' sys3.mmd.hzspdata.**' ID(syspaudt) ACC(A)
PE ' sys3.mmd.hzspdata.**' ID(Health Checker STCs) ACC(A)
PE ' sys3.mmd.hzspdata.**' ID(audtaudt) ACC(R)

Check Contents

Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(HCKSTC)

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- PDI(ZHCK0001)

Verify that the accesses to the IBM Health Checker STC data sets are properly restricted. If the following guidance is true, this is not a finding.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts READ access to auditors.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts UPDATE access to domain level security administrators.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts WRITE and/or greater access to systems programming personnel.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts WRITE and/or greater access to the IBM Health Checker’s STC(s) and/or batch user(s).

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets specify UACC(NONE) and NOWARNING.

Vulnerability Number

V-17067

Documentable

False

Rule Version

ZHCKR001

Severity Override Guidance

Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(HCKSTC)

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- PDI(ZHCK0001)

Verify that the accesses to the IBM Health Checker STC data sets are properly restricted. If the following guidance is true, this is not a finding.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts READ access to auditors.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts UPDATE access to domain level security administrators.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts WRITE and/or greater access to systems programming personnel.

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets restricts WRITE and/or greater access to the IBM Health Checker’s STC(s) and/or batch user(s).

___ The RACF data set rules for the data sets specify UACC(NONE) and NOWARNING.

Check Content Reference

M

Responsibility

Systems Programmer

Target Key

2003

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