Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R18

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

The services file must be group-owned by root or bin.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The services file must be group-owned by root or bin.

Description

Discussion Text

Failure to give ownership of system configuration files to root or a system group provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to change the system configuration possibly weakening the system's security posture.

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Objective

V-22427

Rule

SV-37425r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN003770

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the group ownership of the services file.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/services

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group-owner of the services file.

Procedure:
# chgrp root /etc/services

STIG check 200 of 571 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 STIG checklist

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