HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R19

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 25 2019

All shell files must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

All shell files must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Description

Discussion Text

If shell files are group-owned by users other than root or a system group, they could be modified by intruders or malicious users to perform unauthorized actions.

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Objective

V-22365

Rule

SV-38352r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN002210

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

If /etc/shells exists, check the group ownership of each shell referenced.

Procedure:
# cat /etc/shells | xargs -n1 ls -lL

Otherwise, check any shells found on the system.
Procedure:
# find / -name "*sh" | xargs -n1 ls -lL

If a shell is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group owner of the shell to root, bin, sys, or other.


Procedure:
# chgrp root <shell>

STIG check 131 of 525 in the HP-UX 11.31 STIG checklist

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