CA-TSS must limit access to SYSTEM DUMP data sets to system programmers only.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-223910	TSS0-ES-000370	SV-223910r561402_rule		Medium

Description
System DUMP data sets are used to record system data areas and virtual storage associated with system task failures. Unauthorized access could result in the compromise of the operating system environment, ACP, and customer data. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100, SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

STIG	Date
IBM z/OS TSS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-07-06

Details

Check Text ( C-25583r516129_chk )
Refer to data sets SYS1.DUMPxx, additionally, Dump data sets can be identified by reviewing the logical parmlib concatenation data sets for the current COMMNDxx member. Find the COM= which specifies the DUMPDS NAME (DD NAME=name-pattern) entry. The name-pattern is used to identify additional Dump data sets. If the ESM data set rules for System Dump data sets do not restrict READ, UPDATE, and/or ALTER access to only systems programming personnel, this is a finding. If the ESM data set rules for all System Dump data sets do not restrict READ access to personnel having justification to review these dump data sets, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-25583r516129_chk )

Refer to data sets SYS1.DUMPxx, additionally, Dump data sets can be identified by reviewing the logical parmlib concatenation data sets for the current COMMNDxx member. Find the COM= which specifies the DUMPDS NAME (DD NAME=name-pattern) entry. The name-pattern is used to identify additional Dump data sets.

If the ESM data set rules for System Dump data sets do not restrict READ, UPDATE, and/or ALTER access to only systems programming personnel, this is a finding.

If the ESM data set rules for all System Dump data sets do not restrict READ access to personnel having justification to review these dump data sets, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-25571r516130_fix)
Configure data set rules for access to SYSTEM DUMP data set(s) to be limited to system programmers only, unless a letter justifying access is filed with the ISSO in the site security plan. Evaluate the impact of correcting the deficiency. Develop a plan of action and implement the changes required to restrict access to these data sets.