Documentation - V-223668

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IBM z/OS must protect dynamic lists in accordance with proper security requirements.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-approved PKIs, all DoD systems (e.g., web servers and web portals) must be properly configured to incorporate access control methods that do not rely solely on the possession of a certificate for access. Successful authentication must not automatically give an entity access to an asset or security boundary. Authorization procedures and controls must be implem...

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Configure the Dynamic List resources to be defined to the RACF FACILITY resource class and protected. Only system programmers and a limited number of authorized users and approved authorized Started Tasks are able to issue these commands. All access is logged. The required CSV-prefixed Facility Class resources are listed below. These resources or generic equivalents should be defined and permitted as required with only z/OS systems programmers and logging enabled. Minimum required list of CSV-prefixed resources: CSVAPF.** CSVAPF.MVS.SETPROG.FORMAT.DYNAMIC CSVAPF.MVS.SETPROG.FORMAT.STATIC CSVDYLPA.** CSVDYLPA.ADD.** CSVDYLPA.DELETE.** CSVDYNEX.** CSVDYNEX.LIST CSVDYNL.** CSVDYNL.UPDATE.LNKLST CSVLLA.** Limit authority to those resources to z/OS systems programmers. Restrict to the absolu...