HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R8

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2016

The HP-UX /etc/securetty file must not have an extended ACL.

HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The HP-UX /etc/securetty file must not have an extended ACL.

Description

Discussion Text

File system extended ACLs provide access to files beyond what is allowed by the mode numbers of the files. Unauthorized modification of the /etc/securetty file could cause Denial of Service to authorized system consoles or add unauthorized system consoles.

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Objective

V-22591

Rule

SV-26994r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN000000-HPUX0110

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the permissions of the file.
# ls -lLd /etc/securetty
If the permissions of the file or directory contains a '+', an extended ACL is present, and this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the optional ACL from the file.
# chacl -z /etc/securetty

STIG check 292 of 534 in the HP-UX 11.23 STIG checklist

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