SV-226925r603265: The traceroute command owner must be root. | Solaris 10 SPARC STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The traceroute command owner must be root.

Description

Discussion Text

If the traceroute command owner has not been set to root, an unauthorized user could use this command to obtain knowledge of the network topology inside the firewall. This information may allow an attacker to determine trusted routers and other network information possibly leading to system and network compromise.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366V-4369SV-28392

References

DPMS Target Solaris 10 SPARC DISA DPMS Target Solaris 10 SPARC 4060

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

# ls -lL /usr/sbin/traceroute
If the traceroute command is not owned by root, this is a finding.

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.solaris11:def:263
# The traceroute command owner must be root.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Check /usr/sbin/traceroute is owned by root
# file_object (file_test)
test_1() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%u' '/usr/sbin/traceroute')" -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:mil.disa.fso.solaris11:def:263 compliance check
if [ -f /usr/sbin/traceroute ] && [ $(stat -c %U /usr/sbin/traceroute) = 0 ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi; echo "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Change the owner of the traceroute command to root.
Example procedure:
# chown root /usr/sbin/traceroute