The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server must set the default docroot to an empty folder.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>By restricting the default document root for the Aspera HSTS, this allows for explicit access to be defined on a per user basis. 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-252645r818105_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server to set the default docroot to an empty folder with the following command:
$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/asconfigurator -x "set_node_data;canonical_absolute,<someemptyfolder>; absolute,<someemptyfolder>"
Restart the IBM Aspera Node service to activate the changes.