The MQ Appliance messaging server must provide access logging that ensures users who are granted a privileged role (or roles) have their privileged activity logged.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-74921	MQMH-AS-000480	SV-89595r1_rule		Medium

Description
In order to be able to provide a forensic history of activity, the messaging server must ensure users who are granted a privileged role or those who utilize a separate distinct account when accessing privileged functions or data have their actions logged. If privileged activity is not logged, no forensic logs can be used to establish accountability for privileged actions that occur on the system. Instructions for using the amqsevt sample program to display instrumentation events may be found at the following URL: https://ibm.biz/BdsCzY Satisfies: SRG-APP-000343-AS-000030, SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013, SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000503-AS-000228, SRG-APP-000504-AS-000229, SRG-APP-000509-AS-000234

Description

In order to be able to provide a forensic history of activity, the messaging server must ensure users who are granted a privileged role or those who utilize a separate distinct account when accessing privileged functions or data have their actions logged. If privileged activity is not logged, no forensic logs can be used to establish accountability for privileged actions that occur on the system. Instructions for using the amqsevt sample program to display instrumentation events may be found at the following URL: https://ibm.biz/BdsCzY Satisfies: SRG-APP-000343-AS-000030, SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013, SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000503-AS-000228, SRG-APP-000504-AS-000229, SRG-APP-000509-AS-000234

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

Details

Check Text ( C-74779r1_chk )
For each queue manager on the MQ Appliance for which configuration events logging should be enabled, establish an SSH command line session as an admin user. To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter: mqcli To identify the queue managers, enter: dspmq To run the "runmqsc [queue mgr name]" command for each running queue manager, enter: runmqsc [queue mgr name] DIS QMGR CONFIGEV CONFIGEV(ENABLED) - should be the result. end If "CONFIGEV" is not "ENABLED", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-74779r1_chk )

For each queue manager on the MQ Appliance for which configuration events logging should be enabled, establish an SSH command line session as an admin user.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

To identify the queue managers, enter:
dspmq

To run the "runmqsc [queue mgr name]" command for each running queue manager, enter:
runmqsc [queue mgr name]
DIS QMGR CONFIGEV
CONFIGEV(ENABLED) - should be the result.
end

If "CONFIGEV" is not "ENABLED", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81537r1_fix)
For each queue manager on the MQ Appliance, enable configuration event logging (CONFIGEV). From the MQ Appliance CLI, enter the following: runmqsc [queue mgr name] ALTER QMGR CONFIGEV(ENABLED) end