STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM MQ Appliance V9.0 AS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 05 Jun 2017:

The MQ Appliance messaging server, when categorized as a high level system, must be in a high-availability (HA) cluster.

DISA Rule

SV-89521r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-74847

Group Title

SRG-APP-000435-AS-000069

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-001330

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002385 - The information system protects against or limits the effects of organization-defined types of denial of service attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

To configure HA:
1. Use three Ethernet cables to directly connect two appliances together using ports eth1, eth2, and eth3.
2. Configure the three connected MQ Appliance ports (on both appliances) as follows:

Interface Purpose IP address/CIDR
eth1 HA group primary interface x.x.x.x/24
eth2 HA group alternative interface x.x.x.x/24
eth3 HA Replication interface x.x.x.x/24

On the second appliance, enter the following command from the MQ Appliance CLI:
prepareha -s [SecretText] -a [eth 1 IPAddress of first appliance] [-t timeout]

On the first appliance, enter the following command:
crthagrp -s [SecretText] -a [eth 1 IPAddress of second appliance]

On the first appliance, stop the first queue manager to be HA enabled:
endmqm [name of queue manager]

Set an HA group:
sethagrp -i [name of queue manager]

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Request and review system documentation identifying the system categorization level. If the system categorization is not high, this requirement is NA.

Ask for and review the HA configuration.

On the either member of the HA pair:
Establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To run the dspmq command, enter:
dspmq -s -o ha

Each queue manager that is properly configured for HA should show HA(Replicated).

If it does not, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-74847

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-001330

Severity Override Guidance

Request and review system documentation identifying the system categorization level. If the system categorization is not high, this requirement is NA.

Ask for and review the HA configuration.

On the either member of the HA pair:
Establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To run the dspmq command, enter:
dspmq -s -o ha

Each queue manager that is properly configured for HA should show HA(Replicated).

If it does not, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3239

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