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 centralized management and configuration of the content to be captured in log records generated by all application components.

DISA Rule

SV-89527r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-74853

Group Title

SRG-APP-000356-AS-000202

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-001300

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001844 - The information system provides centralized management and configuration of the content to be captured in audit records generated by organization-defined information system components.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

To configure HA:
1. Use three Ethernet cables to directly connect two appliances together using ports eth1, eth2, and eth3.
2. Configure the three connected MQ Appliance ports (on both appliances) as follows:

Interface Purpose IP address/CIDR
eth1 HA group primary interface x.x.x.x/24
eth2 HA group alternative interface x.x.x.x/24
eth3 HA Replication interface x.x.x.x/24

On the second appliance, enter the following command from the MQ Appliance CLI:
prepareha -s [SecretText] -a [eth 1 IPAddress of first appliance] [-t timeout]

On the first appliance, enter the following command:
crthagrp -s [SecretText] -a [eth 1 IPAddress of second appliance]

On the first appliance, stop the queue manager to be HA-enabled:
endmqm [name of queue manager]
sethagrp -i [name of queue manager]

Note: The queue manager’s data (queues, queue messages, etc.) are replicated from the appliance in the primary HA role (first appliance) to the appliance in the secondary HA role (second appliance).

Check Contents

Review system categorization to determine if redundancy is a requirement. If system categorization does not specify redundancy, interview system administrator to determine how they have configured the centralized log management solution for the MQ appliance.

On each member of the HA pair:
Establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To run the dspmq command, enter:
dspmq -s -o ha

One of the appliances should be running as primary, the other as secondary.

If HA is not configured and the primary and secondary running, or if there is no centralized management solution in place to manage MQ logs, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-74853

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-001300

Severity Override Guidance

Review system categorization to determine if redundancy is a requirement. If system categorization does not specify redundancy, interview system administrator to determine how they have configured the centralized log management solution for the MQ appliance.

On each member of the HA pair:
Establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To run the dspmq command, enter:
dspmq -s -o ha

One of the appliances should be running as primary, the other as secondary.

If HA is not configured and the primary and secondary running, or if there is no centralized management solution in place to manage MQ logs, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3239

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