The MQ Appliance messaging server must utilize FIPS 140-2 approved encryption modules when authenticating users and processes.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-74919	MQMH-AS-001200	SV-89593r1_rule		Medium

Description
Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified and cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised due to weak algorithms. The use of TLS provides confidentiality of data in transit between the messaging server and client. FIPS 140-2 approved TLS versions include TLS V1.0 or greater. TLS must be enabled and non-FIPS-approved SSL versions must be disabled. NIST SP 800-52 specifies the preferred configurations for government systems. To achieve FIPS 140-2 compliance on Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems, all key repositories have been created and manipulated using only FIPS-compliant software, such as runmqakm with the -fips option.

Description

Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified and cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised due to weak algorithms. The use of TLS provides confidentiality of data in transit between the messaging server and client. FIPS 140-2 approved TLS versions include TLS V1.0 or greater. TLS must be enabled and non-FIPS-approved SSL versions must be disabled. NIST SP 800-52 specifies the preferred configurations for government systems. To achieve FIPS 140-2 compliance on Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems, all key repositories have been created and manipulated using only FIPS-compliant software, such as runmqakm with the -fips option.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-74777r1_chk )
To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter: mqcli To identify the queue managers, enter: dspmq For each queue manager identified, run the command: runmqsc [queue name] DIS QMGR SSLFIPS If the value of "SSLFIPS" is set to "NO", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81535r1_fix)
To access the MQ Appliance CLI, for each queue manager, enter: mqcli runmqsc [queue manager name] ALTER QMGR SSLFIPS(YES) end