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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

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  • IBM z/OS Session manager must properly configure wait time limits.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013

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    Group
  • The IBM z/OS BPX.SMF resource must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access services, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automate...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000038-GPOS-00016

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  • IBM z/OS must specify SMF data options to ensure appropriate activation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing when events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS BUFUSEWARN in the SMFPRMxx must be properly set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • IBM z/OS PASSWORD data set and OS passwords must not be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The CA-TSS database must be on a separate physical volume from its backup and recovery data sets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The CA-TSS database must be backed up on a scheduled basis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00232

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  • The IBM z/OS Policy Agent must be configured to deny-all, allow-by-exception firewall policy for allowing connections to other systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the sys...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS must not have Inaccessible APF libraries defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • IBM z/OS inapplicable PPT entries must be invalidated.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • IBM z/OS LNKAUTH=APFTAB must be specified in the IEASYSxx member(s) in the currently active parmlib data set(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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    Group
  • IBM z/OS sensitive and critical system data sets must not exist on shared DASD.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071

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    Group
  • The IBM z/OS Policy Agent must contain a policy that manages excess capacity, bandwidth, or other redundancy to limit the effects of information flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000274-GPOS-00104

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  • The IBM z/OS System Administrator must develop a process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are created.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000275-GPOS-00105

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  • The IBM z/OS System Administrator must develop a process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000276-GPOS-00106

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  • The IBM z/OS System Administrator must develop a process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are deleted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000277-GPOS-00107

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    Group
  • The IBM z/OS System Administrator must develop a process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • Unsupported IBM z/OS system software must not be installed and/or active on the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of program execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized programs. Some operating systems may pr...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • IBM z/OS must not allow nonexistent or inaccessible Link Pack Area (LPA) libraries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of program execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized programs. Some operating systems may pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • IBM z/OS must not allow nonexistent or inaccessible LINKLIST libraries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of program execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized programs. Some operating systems may pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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  • CA-TSS must be installed and properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to system configuration may have significant effects o...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

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  • IBM z/OS SMF collection files (system MANx data sets or LOGSTREAM DASD) must have storage capacity to store at least one weeks worth of audit data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure operating systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, operating systems n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

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  • IBM z/OS System Administrators must develop an automated process to collect and retain SMF data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143

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  • The IBM z/OS SNTP daemon (SNTPD) must be active.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143

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  • IBM z/OS SNTP daemon (SNTPD) permission bits must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...
    Rule Medium Severity

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