HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R19

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 25 2019

The /etc/news/hosts.nntp.nolimit file must not have an extended ACL.

HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The /etc/news/hosts.nntp.nolimit 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. Excessive permissions on the hosts.nntp.nolimit file may allow unauthorized modification which could lead to Denial of Service to authorized users or provide access to unauthorized users.

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Objective

V-22503

Rule

SV-35117r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006290

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the permissions of the file.
# find / -type f -name hosts.nntp.nolimit | xargs -n1 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 <path>/hosts.nntp.nolimit

STIG check 243 of 525 in the HP-UX 11.31 STIG checklist

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