The MQ Appliance network device must generate audit records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-75009	MQMH-ND-001370	SV-89683r1_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Using a syslog logging target, the MQ Appliance logs all logons to the device-, including the source, time and date, and identity of the user. Logging may be set to the following logging levels in descending order of criticality: debug, info, notice, warn, error, alert, emerg. The default is notice. Audit records can be generated from various components within the MQ Appliance network device (e.g., module or policy filter). It is the responsibility of the sysadmin to configure the triggers necessary to send alerts based upon information received at the syslog server. The sysadmin can trigger notifications upon receiving the following audit event: 0x81000033. This is the logon event.

Description

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Using a syslog logging target, the MQ Appliance logs all logons to the device-, including the source, time and date, and identity of the user. Logging may be set to the following logging levels in descending order of criticality: debug, info, notice, warn, error, alert, emerg. The default is notice. Audit records can be generated from various components within the MQ Appliance network device (e.g., module or policy filter). It is the responsibility of the sysadmin to configure the triggers necessary to send alerts based upon information received at the syslog server. The sysadmin can trigger notifications upon receiving the following audit event: 0x81000033. This is the logon event.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-74861r1_chk )
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. Enter: co show logging target All configured logging targets will be displayed. Verify: - This list includes a remote syslog notification target; and - It includes all desired log event source and log level parameters: event audit info event auth notice event mgmt notice event cli notice event user notice event system error Log onto the MQ appliance from two different workstations simultaneously. Request a copy of the audit logs and verify both events were recorded in the logs. If log events were not created, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-74861r1_chk )

Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user.

Enter:
co
show logging target

All configured logging targets will be displayed. Verify:
- This list includes a remote syslog notification target; and
- It includes all desired log event source and log level parameters:
event audit info
event auth notice
event mgmt notice
event cli notice
event user notice
event system error

Log onto the MQ appliance from two different workstations simultaneously.

Request a copy of the audit logs and verify both events were recorded in the logs.

If log events were not created, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81625r1_fix)
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. To enter global configuration mode, enter "config". To create a syslog target, enter: logging target type syslog admin-state enabled local-address remote-address remote-port event audit info event auth notice event mgmt notice event cli notice event user notice event system error exit write mem y