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 What are the VULN and VMS fields in the Carla queries for STIG in zSecure ?

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Stephane Chachulski posted Mon February 03, 2025 08:58 AM

Hello,


What are the VULN and VMS fields in the Carla queries for STIG in zSecure ?
Where can I find information about vulnerabilities (if VULN is for vulnerabilities) ? Which repository to consult ?


Thank you

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Tom Zeehandelaar

Hi Stephane,

both fields are codes that are documented in the STIG standard documents published by DISA. The meaning of these fields is as follows:

  • VULN, this field is named VULID in CARLa and refers to the  STIG Vulnerability ID
  • VMS stands for Vulnerability Management System number 

When you use zSecure Audit to run compliance evaluations (option AU.R), the goal test details display contain a section named "References" near the bottom of all goal test results that reports the references that are relevant for the concerning STIG control. For example: 

Standard                                                    
Standard name                 RACF_zOS_STIG                 
Version of standard           9.02                          
                                                            
Description of standard                                     
IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)
                                                            
References                                                  
CCI=CCI-000213                                              
CCI=CCI-002235                                              
FAMILY=RACF-ES                                              
STIGID=RACF-ES-000190                                       
VMS=4101                                                    
VULID=V-223667                                              

You can download the STIG standards here: https://public.cyber.mil/stigs/downloads/

In CARLa, you can use the fields REF_VMS and REF_VULID in newlist type COMPLIANCE. 

They are documented in the zSecure CARLa SELECT/LIST fields manual as:

REF_VMS

This repeating field shows all reference values for a reference named VMS (must be defined withDEF_REF VMS). Contrary to the representation in field CONTROL_REF, the values are not prefixed with VMS=. VMS is used in the DISA STIG XML files to enumerate asset types.

REF_VULID

This repeating field shows all reference values for a reference named VULID= (must be defined with DEF_REF VULID). Contrary to the representation in field CONTROL_REF, the values are not prefixed with VULID=.

You can access the zSecure CARLa SELECT/LIST fields manual here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/szs/3.1.0?topic=fields-compliance-newlist-types-specific-compliance-reports

I hope this helps.