The IBM Aspera Shares private/secret cryptographic keys file must have a mode of 0400 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252612	ASP4-SH-060250	SV-252612r831517_rule		Medium

Description
Private key data is used to prove that the entity presenting a public key certificate is the certificate's rightful owner. Compromise of private key data allows an adversary to impersonate the key holder.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-56068r818004_chk )

If the IBM Aspera Shares feature of the Aspera Platform is not installed, this is Not Applicable. Verify the /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/config/aspera/secret.rb file has a mode of "0400" or less permissive with the following command: $ sudo stat -c "%a %n" /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/config/aspera/secret.rb 400 /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/config/aspera/secret.rb If the resulting mode is more permissive than "0400", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56018r818005_fix)
Configure the /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/config/aspera/secret.rb file to have a mode of "0400" or less permissive with the following command: $ sudo chmod 0400 /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/config/aspera/secret.rb