Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235153	MYS8-00-006800	SV-235153r961149_rule		Medium

Description
Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Permitting only DBMS processes and authorized, administrative users to have access to the files where the database resides helps ensure that those files are not shared inappropriately and are not open to backdoor access and manipulation. As a general rule, distributed files and resources should follow the principal of least privilege, which requires that users, processes, programs, and other system components only have access to information and resources required for their legitimate purpose.

Description

Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Permitting only DBMS processes and authorized, administrative users to have access to the files where the database resides helps ensure that those files are not shared inappropriately and are not open to backdoor access and manipulation. As a general rule, distributed files and resources should follow the principal of least privilege, which requires that users, processes, programs, and other system components only have access to information and resources required for their legitimate purpose.

STIG	Date
Oracle MySQL 8.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-38372r623579_chk )
Review the permissions granted to users via the operating system/file system on the instance files, database files, database redo, undo, archive, bin and audit log files, and database backup files. If any user/role who is not an authorized system administrator with a need to know or database administrator with a need to know, or a system account for running DBMS processes permitted to read/view any of these files, this is a finding. Note: When the instance and database directories are created by mysql installations packages, the permissions are secure and should not be changed. Run ls -l on the various files and directory. Permissions should be limited to the mysql user and mysql group. Use the following queries/commands to find the locations of instance directory, database directory, transaction logs directory, archive logs directory, audit logs directory, and backup files location. SELECT VARIABLE_NAME, VARIABLE_VALUE FROM performance_schema.global_variables WHERE VARIABLE_NAME LIKE '%dir' or VARIABLE_NAME LIKE '%file' order by VARIABLE_NAME; Regarding Linux default installation: Proper permissions are shown below. If the permissions are more permissive for a Location Type, this is a finding. The following table shows directory and file permissions for the generic binary distribution installation of MySQL Enterprise Edition for Linux x86-64 on Oracle Linux that is described in this guide. As indicated previously, most of the MySQL installation can be owned by root. The exceptions are the data directory, the error log file, the mysql-files directory, the pid file, and the socket file, to which the mysql user must have write access. Files and resources to which the mysql user requires read access include configuration files (/etc/my.cnf) and the MySQL binaries (for example /usr/local/mysql/bin). Desc/Typical Location Owner Directory File Permissions Permissions --------------------- ----- ----------- ----------- Client and utility programs directory /usr/local/mysql/bin root drwxr-xr-x mysqld server /usr/local/mysql/bin root drwxr-xr-x -rwxr-xr-x MySQL configuration file /etc/my.cnf root drwxr-xr-x -rw-r--r-- Data directory /usr/local/mysql/data mysql drwxr-x--- Error log file /host_name.err mysql drwxr-x--- -rw------- secure_file_priv directory /usr/local/mysql/mysql-files mysql drwxr-x--- mysqld systemd service file /usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service root drwxr-xr-x -rw-r--r-- systemd tmpfiles configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mysql.conf root drwxr-xr-x -rw-r--r-- pid file /mysqld.pid mysql drwxr-x--- -rw-r----- socket file /tmp/mysql.sock mysql drwxrwxrwt srwxrwxrwx Unix manual pages directory /usr/local/mysql/man root drwxr-xr-x Include Header files directory /usr/local/mysql/include root drwxr-xr-x Libraries directory /usr/local/mysql/lib root drwxr-xr-x Miscellaneous support files directory /usr/local/mysql/support-files root drwxr-xr-x Miscellaneous files directory /usr/local/mysql/share root drwxr-xr-x

Check Text ( C-38372r623579_chk )

Review the permissions granted to users via the operating system/file system on the instance files, database files, database redo, undo, archive, bin and audit log files, and database backup files.

If any user/role who is not an authorized system administrator with a need to know or database administrator with a need to know, or a system account for running DBMS processes permitted to read/view any of these files, this is a finding.

Note: When the instance and database directories are created by mysql installations packages, the permissions are secure and should not be changed.

Run ls -l on the various files and directory. Permissions should be limited to the mysql user and mysql group.

Use the following queries/commands to find the locations of instance directory, database directory, transaction logs directory, archive logs directory, audit logs directory, and backup files location.

SELECT VARIABLE_NAME, VARIABLE_VALUE
FROM performance_schema.global_variables
WHERE VARIABLE_NAME LIKE '%dir' or VARIABLE_NAME LIKE '%file' order by VARIABLE_NAME;

Regarding Linux default installation:
Proper permissions are shown below. If the permissions are more permissive for a Location Type, this is a finding.

The following table shows directory and file permissions for the generic binary distribution installation of MySQL Enterprise Edition for Linux x86-64 on Oracle Linux that is described in this guide.

As indicated previously, most of the MySQL installation can be owned by root. The exceptions are the data directory, the error log file, the mysql-files directory, the pid file, and the socket file, to which the mysql user must have write access. Files and resources to which the mysql user requires read access include configuration files (/etc/my.cnf) and the MySQL binaries (for example /usr/local/mysql/bin).

Desc/Typical Location Owner Directory File
Permissions Permissions
--------------------- ----- ----------- -----------
Client and utility programs directory
/usr/local/mysql/bin root drwxr-xr-x
mysqld server
/usr/local/mysql/bin root drwxr-xr-x -rwxr-xr-x
MySQL configuration file
/etc/my.cnf root drwxr-xr-x -rw-r--r--
Data directory
/usr/local/mysql/data mysql drwxr-x---
Error log file
/host_name.err
mysql drwxr-x--- -rw-------
secure_file_priv directory
/usr/local/mysql/mysql-files mysql drwxr-x---
mysqld systemd service file
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service
root drwxr-xr-x -rw-r--r--
systemd tmpfiles configuration file
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mysql.conf root drwxr-xr-x -rw-r--r--
pid file
/mysqld.pid
mysql drwxr-x--- -rw-r-----
socket file
/tmp/mysql.sock mysql drwxrwxrwt srwxrwxrwx
Unix manual pages directory
/usr/local/mysql/man root drwxr-xr-x
Include Header files directory
/usr/local/mysql/include root drwxr-xr-x
Libraries directory
/usr/local/mysql/lib root drwxr-xr-x
Miscellaneous support files directory
/usr/local/mysql/support-files root drwxr-xr-x
Miscellaneous files directory
/usr/local/mysql/share root drwxr-xr-x

Fix Text (F-38335r623580_fix)
Configure the permissions granted by the operating system/file system on the database files, database log files, and database backup files so that only relevant system accounts and authorized system administrators and database administrators with a need to know are permitted to read/view these files. Remove any unauthorized permission grants from MySQL data, audit, certificate, key, or other directories.

Fix Text (F-38335r623580_fix)

Configure the permissions granted by the operating system/file system on the database files, database log files, and database backup files so that only relevant system accounts and authorized system administrators and database administrators with a need to know are permitted to read/view these files. Remove any unauthorized permission grants from MySQL data, audit, certificate, key, or other directories.