HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R8

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2016

Management Information Base (MIB) files must not have extended ACLs.

HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Management Information Base (MIB) files must not have extended ACLs.

Description

Discussion Text

The ability to read the MIB file could impart special knowledge to an intruder or malicious user about the ability to extract compromising information about the system or network.

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Objective

V-22450

Rule

SV-38374r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN005350

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the file permissions for the MIB files. 
# find / -type f -name *.mib -exec ls -lL {} \;

If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the optional ACL from the file.
# chacl -z <mib file>

STIG check 208 of 534 in the HP-UX 11.23 STIG checklist

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