The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server must restrict Aspera transfer users to a limited part of the server's file system.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>By restricting the transfer users to a limited part of the server's file system, this prevents unauthorized data transfers. 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-252641r818093_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server to restrict Aspera transfer users to a limited part of the server's file system with the following command:
$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/asconfigurator -x "set_user_data; user_name, <username>;canonical_absolute,<transferfolder>; absolute,<transferfolder>"
Restart the IBM Aspera Node service to activate the changes.