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4.2.49 Restrict Access to SYSCAT.AUDITEXCEPTIONS

Information

The SYSCAT.AUDITEXCEPTIONS view contains audit exceptions that are associated with an object. It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this view.

This view contains sensitive information about what audit exceptions exist. Access to the audit exceptions may aid attackers in avoiding detection.

Solution

Revoke access from PUBLIC.

 - Connect to the Db2 database. db2 => connect to <dbname>
 - Run the following command: db2 => REVOKE SELECT ON SYSCAT.AUDITEXCEPTIONS FROM PUBLIC

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23492

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-3, 800-53|AC-5, 800-53|AC-6, 800-53|MP-2, CSCv7|14.6

Plugin: IBM_DB2DB

Control ID: 583488153728a3bccfee6f2670ba0f6ba1bf01957743e9d5d35494f8ff854cf5