Re: zSecure Audit Concern with EJES SVC



----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulrich Boche" <ulrich.boche@xxxxxx>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:10 PM
Subject: zSecure Audit Concern with EJES SVC


Recently, I ran a zSecure Audit MVS Tables status scan and one of its findings was the following:

Instruction scan hit, Updated using SVCUPDTE, Installation-defined SVCno, Caller may be unauthorized
Pri SVC ES# APF Function Appl U Sf Last update From Where
24 255 No 1 A1 0009D1B0 PVT
Index Address Where Key SP ScanIns Length AM Entry at Same addr as Eye catchers
CN 04FE1DB8 EPLPA M 584 31 EJESSVC .EJESSVC ..092720071430LICENSED MATERIAL, PROPERTY OF PHOENIX SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL -- COPYRIGHT (C) 1990-2007..kx4..
O 0192EBA4 ENUC RO 2389 31 IGCERROR in IEANUC01 SVC 38 .. 0o..
I 00E240E8 PLPA 8 24 IGC0025E ..0414
Index Typ APF ESR Att Locks
Current 3/4 No No
Old 2 No No
Expect ??? ???
Instruction/Str/SVC scan results
ModeSupRB No


It looks like zSecure is all hot and bothered about the fact that the SVC was installed with SVCUPDTE, and that the caller may be unauthorized (never mind that the program that ran the SVCUPDTE had to be APF-authorized). If that's the case, this is a brain-dead exception. EJES is perfectly safe, people.

Regards,
Tom Conley

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