The IBM Aspera Console must protect audit information from unauthorized read access.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252559	ASP4-CS-040120	SV-252559r817847_rule		Medium

Description
Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to simply identify an improperly configured network element. Thus, it is imperative that the collected log data from the various network elements, as well as the auditing tools, be secured and can only be accessed by authorized personnel. This does not apply to audit logs generated on behalf of the device itself (management). Satisfies: SRG-NET-000098-ALG-000056, SRG-NET-000099-ALG-000057, SRG-NET-000100-ALG-000058

Description

Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to simply identify an improperly configured network element. Thus, it is imperative that the collected log data from the various network elements, as well as the auditing tools, be secured and can only be accessed by authorized personnel. This does not apply to audit logs generated on behalf of the device itself (management). Satisfies: SRG-NET-000098-ALG-000056, SRG-NET-000099-ALG-000057, SRG-NET-000100-ALG-000058

STIG	Date
IBM Aspera Platform 4.2 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-24

Details

Check Text ( C-56015r817845_chk )
Verify the log files for IBM Aspera Console do not have world access with the following command: $ sudo find /opt/aspera/console/log/ $ -perm -0001 -o -perm -0002 -o -perm -0004 $ -print If results are returned from the above command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55965r817846_fix)
Remove world access from any IBM Aspera Console log file that has world permissions granted. $ sudo chmod o-rwx