4.2.22 Restrict Access to SYSCAT.ROUTINEAUTH

Information

The SYSCAT.ROUTINEAUTH view contains a list of all users that have EXECUTE privilege on a routine (function, method, or procedure). It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this view.

Rationale:

PUBLIC should not have access to see all the users because this could be used as a point of exploit.

Solution

Perform the following to revoke access from PUBLIC.

Connect to the Db2 database.

db2 => connect to <dbname>

Run the following command:

db2 => REVOKE SELECT ON SYSCAT.ROUTINEAUTH FROM PUBLIC

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/10752

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: c8911743d90c37d71b4b54fc63020df2616fa4b27f040a33c527d06bc0d06309