SV-38405r1: The system package management tool must not automatically obtain updates. | HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system package management tool must not automatically obtain updates.

Description

Discussion Text

System package management tools can obtain a list of updates and patches from a package repository and make this information available to the SA for review and action. Using a package repository outside of the organization's control presents a risk that malicious packages could be introduced.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001233

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECSC-1

References

DPMS Target HP-UX 11.23 DISA DPMS Target HP-UX 11.23 2170

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:419
# The system package management tool must not automatically obtain updates.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# no cron swa entries
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
  ! ( grep -rqP --include='*' 'swa' '/var/spool/cron/crontabs' &>/dev/null )
}
# no at swa entries
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_2() {
  ! ( grep -rqP --include='*' 'swa' '/var/spool/cron/atjobs' &>/dev/null )
}

if ( test_1 && test_2 ); then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:419
if [ ! -e "/var/spool/cron/crontabs" ] || [ ! -e "/var/spool/cron/atjobs" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi; if grep -q "swa" /var/spool/cron/crontabs/* || grep -q "swa" /var/spool/cron/atjobs/*; then echo "FAIL"; exit 1; else echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi

Remediation

Configure the system package management tool to not automatically obtain updates.