STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM MQ Appliance V9.0 AS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 05 Jun 2017:

The MQ Appliance messaging server must provide an immediate warning to the SA and ISSO, at a minimum, when allocated log record storage volume reaches 75% of maximum log record storage capacity.

DISA Rule

SV-89475r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-74801

Group Title

SRG-APP-000359-AS-000065

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-000640

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001855 - The information system provides a warning to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations within an organization-defined time period when allocated audit record storage volume reaches an organization-defined percentage of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

For each queue manager on the MQ Appliance, enable performance (PERFMEV) event logging.

From the MQ Appliance CLI, enter the following:

runmqsc [queue mgr name]
ALTER QMGR PERFMEV(ENABLED)
ALTER QLOCAL(SYSTEM.ADMIN.PERFM.EVENT) QDPHIEV(ENABLED)
ALTER QLOCAL(SYSTEM.ADMIN.PERFM.EVENT) QDEPTHHI(75)

Monitor the logs and send alerts based on the following failure codes:
MQRC_Q_FULL, MQRC_Q_MGR_NOT_ACTIVE, MQRC_Q_DEPTH_HIGH.

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For each queue manager on the MQ Appliance for which performance events logging should be enabled, establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To identify the queue managers, enter:
dspmq

To run the "runmqsc [queue mgr name]" command for each running queue manager identified, enter:
runmqsc [queue mgr name]
DIS QMGR PERFMEV
DIS QLOCAL(SYSTEM.ADMIN.PERFM.EVENT) QDPHIEV
end

If "QDEPTHHI" is not "75", this is a finding.

Ask the system administrator to demonstrate how they monitor an alert on MQ failure events.

Verify alarming is set for the following log events:
MQRC_Q_FULL, MQRC_Q_MGR_NOT_ACTIVE, MQRC_Q_DEPTH_HIGH

If the system admin does not monitor an alarm for the following error codes: MQRC_Q_FULL, MQRC_Q_MGR_NOT_ACTIVE, or MQRC_Q_DEPTH_HIGH, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-74801

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-000640

Severity Override Guidance

For each queue manager on the MQ Appliance for which performance events logging should be enabled, establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To identify the queue managers, enter:
dspmq

To run the "runmqsc [queue mgr name]" command for each running queue manager identified, enter:
runmqsc [queue mgr name]
DIS QMGR PERFMEV
DIS QLOCAL(SYSTEM.ADMIN.PERFM.EVENT) QDPHIEV
end

If "QDEPTHHI" is not "75", this is a finding.

Ask the system administrator to demonstrate how they monitor an alert on MQ failure events.

Verify alarming is set for the following log events:
MQRC_Q_FULL, MQRC_Q_MGR_NOT_ACTIVE, MQRC_Q_DEPTH_HIGH

If the system admin does not monitor an alarm for the following error codes: MQRC_Q_FULL, MQRC_Q_MGR_NOT_ACTIVE, or MQRC_Q_DEPTH_HIGH, this is a finding.

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Target Key

3239

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