Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R18

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

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

Description

Discussion Text

Extended ACLs may provide excessive permissions on the /etc/news/passwd.nntp file, which may permit unauthorized access or modification to the NNTP configuration.

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Objective

V-22505

Rule

SV-37733r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006330

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the permissions of the file.
# ls -lL /etc/news/passwd.nntp
If the mode includes a '+', the file has an extended ACL. If the file has an extended ACL and it has not been documented with the IAO, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the extended ACL from the file.
# setfacl --remove-all /etc/news/passwd.nntp

STIG check 260 of 571 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 STIG checklist

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