SV-38682r1: The /etc/securetty file must be owned by root. | HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The /etc/securetty file must be owned by root.

Description

Discussion Text

Failure to make root the owner of sensitive files and utilities may provide unauthorized owners the potential to access and/or change sensitive information or system configurations, thus weakening the overall security posture of a site.

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 11.31 DISA DPMS Target HP-UX 11.31 2171

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:5
# The /etc/securetty file must be owned by root.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Test owner of /etc/securetty is root
# file_object (file_test)
test_1() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%u' '/etc/securetty')" -eq 0 ]
}

if test_1; 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:5
if [ ! -f "/etc/securetty" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi; uid=$(stat -c "%u" "/etc/securetty"); if [ $uid -eq 0 ]; then echo "PASS"; else echo "FAIL"; fi; exit 1

Remediation

Change the owner of the /etc/securetty file to root.
# chown root /etc/securetty