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The Mainframe Product must terminate all sessions and network connections when nonlocal maintenance is completed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-68429 SRG-APP-000186-MFP-000264 SV-82919r1_rule Medium
Description
If a maintenance session or connection remains open after maintenance is completed, it may be hijacked by an attacker and used to compromise or damage the system. Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network, either an external network (e.g., the Internet) or an internal network. Local maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities carried out by individuals physically present at the information system or information system component and not communicating across a network connection. This requirement applies to hardware/software diagnostic test equipment or tools. This requirement does not cover hardware/software components that may support information system maintenance, yet are a part of the system (e.g., the software implementing "ping," "ls," "ipconfig," or the hardware and software implementing the monitoring port of an Ethernet switch).
STIG Date
Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide 2019-12-12

Details

Check Text ( C-68961r1_chk )
If the Mainframe Product has no function or capability for nonlocal maintenance this is not applicable.

Examine installation and configuration settings.

If the Mainframe Product does not terminate all sessions and network connections when nonlocal maintenance is completed, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-74545r1_fix)
Configure the Mainframe Product to terminate all sessions and network connections when nonlocal maintenance is completed.