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IBM zVM Using CA VM:Secure Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • CA VM:Secure must have a security group for Security Administrators only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...
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  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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  • The IBM z/VM SYSTEM CONFIG file must be configured to clear TDISK on IPL.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...
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  • SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071

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  • The IBM z/VM TCP/IP FOREIGNIPCONLIMIT statement must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
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  • SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071

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  • The IBM z/VM TCP/IP PERSISTCONNECTIONLIMIT statement must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
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  • SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071

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  • The IBM z/VM TCP/IP PENDINGCONNECTIONLIMIT statement must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
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  • SRG-OS-000185-GPOS-00079

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  • IBM z/VM tapes must use Tape Encryption.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and...
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  • SRG-OS-000228-GPOS-00088

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  • The IBM z/VM TCP/IP must be configured to display the mandatory DoD Notice and Consent banner before granting access to the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the publicly accessible operating system en...
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  • SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095

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  • The IBM z/VM JOURNALING statement must be coded on the configuration file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit sy...
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  • SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097

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  • CA VM:Secure product SECURITY CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
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  • SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098

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  • The IBM z/VM AUDT and Journal Mini Disks must be restricted to the appropriate system administrators.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
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  • SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

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  • IBM z/VM must remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or 72 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid acc...
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  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The IBM z/VM must restrict link access to the disk on which system software resides.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented...
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  • SRG-OS-000362-GPOS-00149

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  • The IBM z/VM Privilege command class A and Class B must be properly assigned.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing regular users to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malici...
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  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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  • CA VM:Secure AUTHORIZ CONFIG file must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to system configuration may have significant effects o...
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  • SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

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  • The IBM z/VM journal minidisk space allocation must be large enough for one weeks worth of audit records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure operating systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, operating systems n...
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  • SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

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  • CA VM:Secure product audit records must offload audit records to a different system or media.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
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  • SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

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  • CA VM:Secure product audit records must be offloaded on a weekly basis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
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  • SRG-OS-000379-GPOS-00164

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  • The IBM z/VM Portmapper server virtual machine userID must be included in the AUTOLOG statement of the TCP/IP server configuration file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. B...
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  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00124

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  • CA VM:Secure product MANAGE command must be restricted to system administrators.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
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  • SRG-OS-000326-GPOS-00126

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  • The CA VM:Secure LOGONBY command must be restricted to system administrators.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In certain situations, software applications/programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions....
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  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • The IBM z/VM CP Privilege Class A, B, and D must be restricted to appropriate system operators.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or proce...
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  • SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128

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  • The IBM z/VM JOURNALING statement must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
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  • SRG-OS-000425-GPOS-00189

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  • The IBM z/VM TCP/IP SECUREDATA option for FTP must be set to REQUIRED.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for examp...
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  • SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115

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  • IBM z/VM TCP/IP config file INTERNALCLIENTPARMS statement must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access services, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automate...
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  • SRG-OS-000425-GPOS-00189

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  • All IBM z/VM TCP/IP servers must be configured for SSL/TLS connection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for examp...
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