Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R1

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2021

The root account must be the only account having a UID of 0.

Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The root account must be the only account having a UID of 0.

Description

Discussion Text

If an account has a UID of 0, it has root authority. Multiple accounts with a UID of 0 afford more opportunity for potential intruders to guess a password for a privileged account.

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Objective

V-218244

Rule

SV-218244r603259_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN000880

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the system for duplicate UID 0 assignments by listing all accounts assigned UID 0.

Procedure:
# awk -F: '($3 == 0) { print $1 }' /etc/passwd

If any accounts other than root are assigned UID 0, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove or change the UID of accounts other than root that have UID 0.

STIG check 82 of 571 in the Oracle Linux 5 STIG checklist

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