The MQ Appliance network device must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-75005	MQMH-ND-001240	SV-89679r1_rule		Medium

Description

Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators. If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. The organization-defined time period should be established for each device depending on the nature of the device; for example, a device with just a few administrators in a facility with spotty network connectivity may merit a longer caching time period than a device with many administrators.

STIG	Date
IBM MQ Appliance v9.0 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-74857r1_chk )
Log on to the MQ Appliance WebGUI as a privileged user. Go to Administration (gear icon) >> Access >> RBM Settings. Verify the Authentication Method is set to LDAP and the cache setting is defined and specifies the organization-defined time period. If the Authentication Method is not set to LDAP and the cache setting does not specify the organization-defined time period, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81621r1_fix)
Log on to the MQ Appliance WebGUI as a privileged user. Go to Administration (gear icon) >> Access >> RBM Settings. Set Authentication Method to LDAP. Limit cache settings to an organization-defined time period. Configure other LDAP connection settings as required.