The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server private/secret cryptographic keys file must have a mode of 0600 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252648	ASP4-TS-020320	SV-252648r831534_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-56104r818112_chk )
Verify the rootkeystore.db file has a mode of "0600" or less permissive with the following command: $ sudo stat -c "%a %n" /opt/aspera/etc/rootkeystore.db 600 /opt/aspera/etc/rootkeystore.db If the resulting mode is more permissive than "0600", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56054r818113_fix)
Configure the rootkeystore.db file to have a mode of "0600" or less permissive with the following command: $ sudo chmod 0600 /opt/aspera/etc/rootkeystore.db