6.16 Restrict Access to SYSCAT.ROLES

Information

The SYSCAT.ROLES view contains all roles available in the database. It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this view.

Solution

Perform the following to revoke access from PUBLIC.
1. Connect to the DB2 database.
db2 => connect to $DB2DATABASE user $USERNAME using $PASSWORD
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window-
db2 => REVOKE SELECT ON SYSCAT.ROLES FROM PUBLIC

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6

Plugin: IBM_DB2DB

Control ID: dec0146d16f2a282c5379ed0ea58987059fee7b39e5e239453385536b87c3604