HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R19

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 25 2019

The snmpd.conf file must be group-owned by root, sys, bin or other.

HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The snmpd.conf file must be group-owned by root, sys, bin or other.

Description

Discussion Text

The snmpd.conf file contains authenticators and must be protected from unauthorized access and modification. If the file is not group-owned by root or a system group, it may be subject to access and modification from unauthorized users.

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Objective

V-22451

Rule

SV-26734r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN005365

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the group ownership of the SNMP configuration file.
# ls -lL /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group ownership of the SNMP configuration file.
# chgrp root /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf

STIG check 207 of 525 in the HP-UX 11.31 STIG checklist

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