STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 8 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

IBM z/OS SYS1.PARMLIB must be properly protected.

DISA Rule

SV-223697r604139_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-223697

Group Title

SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032

Rule Version

RACF-ES-000500

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000213 - The information system enforces approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.
• CCI-000171 - The information system allows organization-defined personnel or roles to select which auditable events are to be audited by specific components of the information system.
• CCI-001914 - The information system provides the capability for organization-defined individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on organization-defined information system components based on organization-defined selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.
• CCI-001812 - The information system prohibits user installation of software without explicit privileged status.
• CCI-001499 - The organization limits privileges to change software resident within software libraries.
• CCI-002235 - The information system prevents non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure access rules for SYS1.PARMLIB as follows:

Systems programming personnel will be authorized to WRITE or greater the SYS1.PARMLIB concatenation.

Domain level security administrators can be authorized to update the SYS1.PARMLIB concatenation.

System Level Started Tasks, authorized Data Center personnel, and auditor can be authorized read access by the ISSO.

All WRITE or greater access is logged.

Check Contents

Execute a dataset list of access to SYS1.PARMLIB.

If the ESM data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB allow inappropriate (e.g., global READ) access, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not restrict READ, WRITE or greater access to only systems programming personnel, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not restrict READ and UPDATE access to only domain level security administrators, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not restrict READ access to only system Level Started Tasks, authorized Data Center personnel, and auditors, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not specify that all (i.e., failures and successes) UPDATE and/or ALTER access will be logged, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-223697

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RACF-ES-000500

Severity Override Guidance

Execute a dataset list of access to SYS1.PARMLIB.

If the ESM data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB allow inappropriate (e.g., global READ) access, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not restrict READ, WRITE or greater access to only systems programming personnel, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not restrict READ and UPDATE access to only domain level security administrators, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not restrict READ access to only system Level Started Tasks, authorized Data Center personnel, and auditors, this is a finding.

If data set rules for SYS1.PARMLIB do not specify that all (i.e., failures and successes) UPDATE and/or ALTER access will be logged, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4101

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