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 must, at a minimum, transfer the logs of interconnected systems in real time, and transfer the logs of standalone systems weekly.

DISA Rule

SV-89525r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-74851

Group Title

SRG-APP-000515-AS-000203

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-001310

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001851 - The information system off-loads audit records per organization-defined frequency onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

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]
crtmqm [HA QM name] –p [port] –sx

Note: The queue manager’s data (queues, queue messages, etc.) is replicated from the appliance in the primary HA role (first appliance) to the appliance in the secondary HA role (second appliance).

Check Contents

Review system categorization to determine if redundancy is a requirement. If system categorization does not specify redundancy, interview system administrator to determine how they have configured the weekly transfer of logs for the MQ appliance.

For redundant systems: On each 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

One of the appliances should be running as primary, the other as secondary.

If HA is not configured with the primary and secondary running, or if there is no MQ log transfer taking place on a standalone system on a weekly basis, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-74851

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MQMH-AS-001310

Severity Override Guidance

Review system categorization to determine if redundancy is a requirement. If system categorization does not specify redundancy, interview system administrator to determine how they have configured the weekly transfer of logs for the MQ appliance.

For redundant systems: On each 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

One of the appliances should be running as primary, the other as secondary.

If HA is not configured with the primary and secondary running, or if there is no MQ log transfer taking place on a standalone system on a weekly basis, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3239

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