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IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • IBM Z/OS TSOAUTH resources must be restricted to authorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • IBM RACF LOGONIDs must not be defined to SYS1.UADS for non-emergency use.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Privileged functions include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering crypto...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX SYSTEM FILE SECURITY SETTINGS must be properly protected or specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • The IBM z/OS UNIX SUPERUSER resources must be protected in accordance with guidelines.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS BPX resource(s) must be protected in accordance with security requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX MVS HFS directories with other write permission bit set must be properly defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX security parameters in etc/profile must be properly specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX MVS data sets used as step libraries in /etc/steplib must be properly protected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • IBM z/OS UNIX security parameters in /etc/rc must be properly specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX resources must be protected in accordance with security requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX MVS data sets or HFS objects must be properly protected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX MVS data sets WITH z/OS UNIX COMPONENTS must be properly protected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX HFS permission bits and audit bits for each directory must be properly protected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • SRG-OS-000326-GPOS-00126

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX OMVS parameters in PARMLIB must be properly specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX BPXPRMxx security parameters in PARMLIB must be properly specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS default profiles must be defined in the corresponding FACILITY Class Profile for classified systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS UNIX HFS MapName files security parameters must be properly specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Removal of unneeded or non-secure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX security parameters for restricted network service(s) in /etc/inetd.conf must be properly specified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • IBM z/OS UID(0) must be properly assigned.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX groups must be defined with a unique GID.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • The IBM z/OS user account for the UNIX kernel (OMVS) must be properly defined to the security database.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • The IBM z/OS user account for the z/OS UNIX SUPERUSER userid must be properly defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • The IBM z/OS user account for the UNIX (RMFGAT) must be properly defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • IBM z/OS UNIX user accounts must be properly defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • IBM z/OS attributes of UNIX user accounts used for account modeling must be defined in accordance with security requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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