The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server private/secret cryptographic keys file must be group-owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252646	ASP4-TS-020300	SV-252646r831532_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. The rootkeystore.db functions as a backup and main source of truth for encrypted secrets.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-56102r818106_chk )
Verify the rootkeystore.db file is group-owned by root with the following command: $ sudo stat -c "%G" /opt/aspera/etc/rootkeystore.db root If "root" is not returned as a result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56052r818107_fix)
Configure the rootkeystore.db file to be group-owned by root with the following command: $ sudo chgrp root /opt/aspera/etc/rootkeystore.db