STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM DB2 V10.5 LUW Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 25 Oct 2019:

The audit information produced by DB2 must be protected from unauthorized deletion.

DISA Rule

SV-89131r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-74457

Group Title

SRG-APP-000120-DB-000061

Rule Version

DB2X-00-002400

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000164 - The information system protects audit information from unauthorized deletion.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the operating system level, remove the write permission from non-instance owner users on the audit directory.

At the operating system level, remove the read permission from non-authorized users on the audit directory.

Check Contents

Run the db2audit command to find the value of the datapath where the audit logs are stored.

$db2audit describe

Only the instance owner needs write access to directory and users authorized to archive the audit logs need to have read access to the audit directory.

If any user other than the instance owner has write access to audit directory, this is a finding.

If any user other than the users authorized to read audit log files have read access to the audit directory, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-74457

Documentable

False

Rule Version

DB2X-00-002400

Severity Override Guidance

Run the db2audit command to find the value of the datapath where the audit logs are stored.

$db2audit describe

Only the instance owner needs write access to directory and users authorized to archive the audit logs need to have read access to the audit directory.

If any user other than the instance owner has write access to audit directory, this is a finding.

If any user other than the users authorized to read audit log files have read access to the audit directory, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3161

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