Secure SECADM Authority

HighLevel 1Manual reviewdb2

Description

The SECADM (security administrator) role grants the authority to create, alter (where applicable), and drop roles, trusted contexts, audit policies, security label components, security policies and security labels. It is also the authority required to grant and revoke roles, security labels and exemptions, and the SETSESSIONUSER privilege. SECADM authority has no inherent privilege to access ...

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

1. Connect to the Db2 database. db2 => connect to <dbname> 2. Run the following command: db2 => select distinct grantee, granteetype from syscat.dbauth where securityadmauth = 'Y' 3. Review the list of users, groups, and roles in the above output to ensure only approved users, groups, and roles are assigned.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Revoke this permission from any unauthorized users. 1. Connect to the Db2 database. db2 => connect to <dbname> 2. Run the following command: db2 => REVOKE SECADM ON DATABASE FROM USER <username>

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: db2databasemanual
Reference: CIS IBM Db2 12.1 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 6.1.5 Secure SECADM Authority