The IBM Aspera Faspex private/secret cryptographic keys file must have a mode of 0600 or less permissive 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-252576r831500_rule
- Version
- ASP4-FA-050110
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the /opt/aspera/faspex/config/secret.yml file to have a mode of "0600" or less permissive with the following command:
$ sudo chmod 0600 /opt/aspera/faspex/config/secret.yml