The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server must not use the root account for transfers.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>By incorporating a least privilege approach to the configuration of the Aspera HSTS platform, this will reduce the exposure of privileged accounts. By default, all system users can establish a FASP connection and are only restricted by file permissions.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-252640r818090_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server to restrict the use of the root account for transfers.
For each privilege that is set to "true", run the following command:
$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/asconfigurator -x "set_user_data;user_name,root;<privilege>,false"