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V-251586

CAT II (Medium)

All installation-delivered IDMS USER-level tasks must be properly secured.

Rule ID

SV-251586r960792_rule

STIG

CA IDMS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R1

CCIs

CCI-000213, CCI-001082

Discussion

User-level tasks that are not secured may allow anyone who signs on to IDMS to use them to access and manipulate various resources within the DBMS. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000033-DB-000084, SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

Check Content

Examine load module "RHDCSRTT" by executing CA IDMS utility "IDMSSRTD", or by issuing command "DCMT DISPLAY SRTT" while signed onto the CV, and reviewing the output. 

Note: This requires PTFs SO07995 and SO09476.

Validate the following suggested user-level tasks are secured in the SRTT (included, for example, in the roles of DCADMIN-, DBADMIN-, and DEVELOPER-level security). 

Note: USER, DEVELOPER, DBADMIN, and DCADMIN are suggested categories only.
 ADS
 OCF     
 OCFT    
 OCFX    
 OLP     
 OLQ     
 OLQNT   
 OLQT    
 OLQTNOTE
 
If "TASK" is not found as the resource type in any of the entries, this is a finding. 

If "TASK" is secured internally, this is a finding. 

If "TASK" is secured externally in the SRTT, review the SRTT entries to ensure that the above tasks are secured and review ESM for external class and external name format to verify the appropriate authorizations have been defined. If they have not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The SRTT module must be coded to enable task-level security. When using an external security manager (ESM), this could be done in the following manner:
 
#SECRTT TYPE=ENTRY,                          X
 RESTYPE=TASK,                                     X
 SECBY=EXTERNAL ,                               X
 EXTNAME=(RESTYPE,RESNAME),        X
 EXTCLS='CA@IDMS'

or to give access specifically to one or more tasks (in this case, to ADS):

#SECRTT TYPE=ENTRY, RESTYPE=TASK,                             X
  SECBY=OFF,                                                                        X               
 EXTNAME=(RESTYPE,RESNAME),EXTCLS='CA@IDMS'

with an OCCUR statement for each task:

#SECRTT TYPE=OCCUR,RESTYPE=TASK,                               X
 SECBY=EXTERNAL,                                                                 X 
 RESNAME='ADS'                                                                           

Using the above examples, the ESM must be configured to grant access for resource name "TASK.task-name" to security group (or role) USER, for security class "CA@IDMS", where "task-name" is one of the user-level tasks listed. This grant must be repeated for each Task in the list. The appropriate ESM rules must then be given to the appropriate users. For instance, in Top Secret:
TSS PER(user_id) CA@IDMS(TASK.ADS)

In ACF2:
$KEY(TASK.ADS) TYPE(CA@IDMS) 
 UID(user_id) ALLOW

In RACF:
PERMIT TASK.ADS CLASS(CA@IDMS) ID(user_id) ACCESS(READ)

After making the above changes, assemble and link RHDCSRTT to create a new SRTT. To implement the new SRTT, either recycle any CVs that use the SRTT or issue these commands:       
 
DCMT VARY NUCLEUS MODULE RHDCSRTT NEW COPY 
DCMT VARY NUCLEUS RELOAD