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
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.
- ID
- SV-252641r818093_rule
- Version
- ASP4-TS-020250
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A 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.
$ sudo systemctl restart asperanoded.service