CA IDMS must protect the system code and storage from corruption by user programs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-251642	IDMS-DB-000780	SV-251642r807793_rule		Medium

Description
Database management systems can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a separate address space. Each process has a distinct address space so that communication between processes is controlled through the security functions, and one process cannot modify the executing code of another process. Maintaining separate execution domains for executing processes can be achieved, for example, by implementing separate address spaces.

Description

Database management systems can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a separate address space. Each process has a distinct address space so that communication between processes is controlled through the security functions, and one process cannot modify the executing code of another process. Maintaining separate execution domains for executing processes can be achieved, for example, by implementing separate address spaces.

STIG	Date
CA IDMS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-11-10

Details

Check Text ( C-55077r807791_chk )
Log on to IDMS DC system and issue DCPROFIL. If HPSPO ENABLED: display is "NO", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55031r807792_fix)
Use the following system generation parameters to enable the use of high performance storage protection: Set STORAGE KEY parameter of the SYSTEM statement to "9". Set PROTECT/NOPROTECT parameter of the SYSTEM statement to "PROTECT". Set PROTECT/NOPROTECT parameter of the PROGRAM statement to "PROTECT" for PROGRAMS required to run with the alternate protect key (i.e., 9). DCMT DISPLAY ALL STORAGE POOLS can be used to take note of what pools support any type of user storage, that is, user, user-kept, shared, shared-kept, or ALL, in preparation for the next step. If necessary, redefine storage pools in such a manner that all forms of user-oriented storage (user, user-kept, shared, and shared-kept) are segregated from the system storage (database, terminal). For example: ADD STORAGE POOL 1 CONTAINS TYPES ( SHARED SHARED-KEPT USER USER-KEPT ) ADD XA STORAGE POOL 128 CONTAINS TYPES ( USER USER-KEPT ) ADD XA STORAGE POOL 129 CONTAINS TYPES ( SHARED SHARED-KEPT ) ADD XA STORAGE POOL 130 CONTAINS TYPES ( TERMINAL DATABASE ) Generate and start the system. The storage pool definitions have been set up correctly if the message DC004001 HPSPO HAS BEEN DISABLED DUE TO INCORRECT STORAGE POOL DEFINITIONS is not issued at startup.

Fix Text (F-55031r807792_fix)

Use the following system generation parameters to enable the use of high performance storage protection:

Set STORAGE KEY parameter of the SYSTEM statement to "9".

Set PROTECT/NOPROTECT parameter of the SYSTEM statement to "PROTECT".

Set PROTECT/NOPROTECT parameter of the PROGRAM statement to "PROTECT" for PROGRAMS required to run with the alternate protect key (i.e., 9).

DCMT DISPLAY ALL STORAGE POOLS can be used to take note of what pools support any type of user storage, that is, user, user-kept, shared, shared-kept, or ALL, in preparation for the next step.

If necessary, redefine storage pools in such a manner that all forms of user-oriented storage (user, user-kept, shared, and shared-kept) are segregated from the system storage (database, terminal). For example:
ADD STORAGE POOL 1
CONTAINS TYPES ( SHARED SHARED-KEPT USER USER-KEPT )
ADD XA STORAGE POOL 128
CONTAINS TYPES ( USER USER-KEPT )
ADD XA STORAGE POOL 129
CONTAINS TYPES ( SHARED SHARED-KEPT )
ADD XA STORAGE POOL 130
CONTAINS TYPES ( TERMINAL DATABASE )

Generate and start the system. The storage pool definitions have been set up correctly if the message DC004001 HPSPO HAS BEEN DISABLED DUE TO INCORRECT STORAGE POOL DEFINITIONS is not issued at startup.