6.26 Restrict Access to SYSCAT.STATEMENTS

Information

The SYSCAT.STATEMENTS contains all SQL statements of a compiled package. It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this view.

PUBLIC should not have access to the source code or the SQL statements of a database package. This could lead to an exploit.

Solution

Perform the following to revoke access from PUBLIC.
1. Connect to the DB2 database.
db2 => connect to $DB2INSTANCE user $USERNAME using $PASSWORD
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window:
db2 => REVOKE SELECT ON SYSCAT.STATEMENTS FROM PUBLIC

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1654

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6

Plugin: IBM_DB2DB

Control ID: e8f20f18f64c08a77f2803b498e01ee99910526e16f243651e66d65f7ec02dbe