HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R19

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 25 2019

The /etc/news/passwd.nntp file (or equivalent) must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The /etc/news/passwd.nntp file (or equivalent) must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

Description

Discussion Text

File permissions more permissive than 0600 for /etc/news/passwd.nntp may allow access to privileged information by system intruders or malicious users.

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Objective

V-4276

Rule

SV-35120r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006320

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check passwd.nntp permissions.
# find / -type f -name passwd.nntp | xargs -n1 ls -lL

If passwd.nntp has a mode more permissive than 0600, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the mode of the passwd.nntp file.

# chmod 0600 <path>/passwd.nntp

STIG check 340 of 525 in the HP-UX 11.31 STIG checklist

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