Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V2 · R1

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2021

All system start-up files must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, other, or system.

Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

All system start-up files must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, other, or system.

Description

Discussion Text

If system start-up files do not have a group owner of root or a system group, the files may be modified by malicious users or intruders.

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Objective

V-218323

Rule

SV-218323r603259_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN001680

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check run control scripts' group ownership.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/rc* /etc/init.d

Alternatively:
# find /etc -name "[SK][0-9]*"|xargs stat -L -c %G:%n|egrep -v "^(root|sys|bin|other):"

If any run control script is not group-owned by root, sys, bin, or other system groups, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group ownership of the run control script(s) with incorrect group ownership.

Procedure:
# chgrp root <run control script>
# find /etc -name "[SK][0-9]*"|xargs stat -L -c %G:%n|egrep -v "^(root|sys|bin|other):"|cut -d: -f2|xargs chgrp root

STIG check 161 of 571 in the Oracle Linux 5 STIG checklist

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