STIGUI
V-224480CAT II — Medium severitySV-224480r1116157_rule

IBM Communications Server Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (CSSMTP) Started task(s) must be properly defined to the STARTED resource class for RACF.

Rule version ZSMTR032 · STIG v7 · 2025-06-24

Discussion

Access to product resources should be restricted to only those individuals responsible for the application connectivity and who have a requirement to access these resources. Improper control of product resources could potentially compromise the operating system, Access Control Program (ACP), and customer data.

Check

Refer to the following report produced by the RACF Data Collection:

- DSMON.RPT(RACSPT)

Automated Analysis Refer to the following report produced by the RACF Data Collection:

- PDI(ZSMT0032)

Verify that the IBM CSSMTP started task(s) is (are) defined to the STARTED resource class profile and/or ICHRIN03 table entry.

Fix

The IBM CSSMTP system programmer and the ISSO will ensure that a product's started task(s) is (are) properly identified and/or defined to the System ACP.

A unique userid must be assigned for the IBM CSSMTP started task(s) thru a corresponding STARTED class entry.

The following sample set of commands is shown here as a guideline:

rdef started CSSMTP.** uacc(none) owner(admin) audit(all(read)) stdata(user(CSSMTP) group(stc))

setr racl(started) ref

Identifiers

Group ID
V-224480
Group title
SRG-OS-000104
Rule ID
SV-224480r1116157_rule
Check ID
C-26163r1116155_chk
Fix ID
F-26151r1116156_fix