The IBM Aspera Console private/secret cryptographic keys file must be owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Private key data is used to prove that the entity presenting a public key certificate is the certificate's rightful owner. Compromise of private key data allows an adversary to impersonate the key holder.
- ID
- SV-252572r831497_rule
- Version
- ASP4-CS-040250
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the /opt/aspera/console/config/secret.yml file to be owned by root with the following command:
$ sudo chown root /opt/aspera/console/config/secret.yml