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 be configured to fail over to another system in the event of log subsystem failure.

DISA Rule

SV-89565r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-74891

Group Title

SRG-APP-000109-AS-000070

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-000900

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000140 - The information system takes organization-defined actions upon audit failure (e.g., shut down information system, overwrite oldest audit records, stop generating audit records).
• CCI-001348 - The information system backs up audit records on an organization-defined frequency onto a different system or system component than the system or component being audited.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Rudimentary instructions for setting up HA are included here.

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 first queue manager to be HA enabled:
endmqm [name of queue manager]

Set an HA group:
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

In the event of a MQ queue manager failure, an HA configuration must be used.

Obtain system documentation identifying the HA configuration.

Establish an SSH command line session to either of the pair as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

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

Each queue manager that is properly configured for HA should show HA(Replicated).

If it does not, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-74891

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-000900

Severity Override Guidance

In the event of a MQ queue manager failure, an HA configuration must be used.

Obtain system documentation identifying the HA configuration.

Establish an SSH command line session to either of the pair as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

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

Each queue manager that is properly configured for HA should show HA(Replicated).

If it does not, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3239

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