SV-965r2: The HP-UX /etc/securetty must be group-owned by root, sys, or bin. | HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The HP-UX /etc/securetty must be group-owned by root, sys, or bin.

Description

Discussion Text

Root, sys, and bin are the most privileged group accounts, by default, for most UNIX systems. If a file as sensitive as /etc/securetty is not group-owned by a privileged group, it could lead to system compromise.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000225Not mappedCCI-000366

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECLP-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:6
# The HP-UX /etc/securetty must be group-owned by root, sys, or bin.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Test group of /etc/securetty is root
# file_object (file_test)
test_1() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%g' '/etc/securetty')" -eq 0 ]
}
# Test existence of group sys
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_2() {
  grep -Pq '^sys:[^:]*:([0-9]+):' '/etc/group' &>/dev/null
}
# Test group of /etc/securetty is sys
# file_object (file_test)
test_3() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%g' '/etc/securetty')" = "$(sed -En 's/^sys:[^:]*:([0-9]+):/\1/p' '/etc/group')" ]
}
# Test existence of group bin
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_4() {
  grep -Pq '^bin:[^:]*:([0-9]+):' '/etc/group' &>/dev/null
}
# Test group of /etc/securetty is bin
# file_object (file_test)
test_5() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%g' '/etc/securetty')" = "$(sed -En 's/^bin:[^:]*:([0-9]+):/\1/p' '/etc/group')" ]
}

if ( test_1 || ( test_2 && test_3 ) || ( test_4 && test_5 ) ); 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:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:6
if [ ! -f "/etc/securetty" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if [ "$(stat -c '%G' /etc/securetty)" = "root" ] || [ "$(stat -c '%G' /etc/securetty)" = "sys" ] || [ "$(stat -c '%G' /etc/securetty)" = "bin" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

Change the group-owner of the /etc/securetty to root, bin, or sys.
Example:
# chgrp root /etc/securetty