The MQ Appliance messaging server must automatically terminate a SSH user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring a session disconnect.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-74805	MQMH-AS-000680	SV-89479r1_rule		Medium

Description

An attacker can take advantage of CLI user sessions that are left open, thus bypassing the user authentication process. To thwart the vulnerability of open and unused user sessions, the messaging server must be configured to close the sessions when a configured condition or trigger event is met. Session termination terminates all processes associated with a user's logical session except those processes that are specifically created by the user (i.e., session owner) to continue after the session is terminated. Conditions or trigger events requiring automatic session termination can include, for example, periods of user inactivity, targeted responses to certain types of incidents, and time-of-day restrictions on information system use.

STIG	Date
IBM MQ Appliance V9.0 AS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-06-09

Details

Check Text ( C-74663r1_chk )
To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter: mqcli show rbm Verify that the cli-timeout displays the approved timeout value of 600 seconds (10 minutes) or less. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81421r1_fix)
For the CLI used by the administrator, log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. Enter: co rbm cli-timeout 600 exit write mem y