The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint must not store node content-protection secrets in plain text.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252622	ASP4-TE-030200	SV-252622r831522_rule		Medium

Description
Configuring the network element to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the network element. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the network element, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. For the network element, security-related parameters include settings for network traffic management configurations. Aspera recommends that you do not store content-protection secrets in aspera.conf.

Description

Configuring the network element to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the network element. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the network element, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. For the network element, security-related parameters include settings for network traffic management configurations. Aspera recommends that you do not store content-protection secrets in aspera.conf.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-56078r818034_chk )
Verify the IBM High-Speed Transfer Endpoint does not store node content-protection secrets in plain text with the following command: $ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/asuserdata -a \| grep secret \| grep transfer transfer_encryption_content_protection_secret: "AS_NULL" If the "transfer_encryption_content_protection_secret" is not "AS_NULL", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56028r818035_fix)
Configure the IBM High-Speed Transfer Endpoint to not store node content-protection secrets in plain text. Remove any secrets from the /opt/aspera/aspera.conf file with the following command: $ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/asconfigurator -x "set_node_data; transfer_encryption_content_protection_secret,AS_NULL" Restart the IBM Aspera Node service to activate the changes. $ sudo systemctl restart asperanoded.service

Fix Text (F-56028r818035_fix)

Configure the IBM High-Speed Transfer Endpoint to not store node content-protection secrets in plain text.

Remove any secrets from the /opt/aspera/aspera.conf file with the following command:

$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/asconfigurator -x "set_node_data; transfer_encryption_content_protection_secret,AS_NULL"

Restart the IBM Aspera Node service to activate the changes.

$ sudo systemctl restart asperanoded.service