Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

The Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide (V2 R4) has 507 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

The NFS export configuration file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The NFS export configuration file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Description

Discussion Text

Failure to give group ownership of the NFS export configuration file to root or system groups provides the designated group owner and possible unauthorized users with the potential to change system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

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Objective

V-227007

Rule

SV-227007r603265_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN005750

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the group ownership of the NFS export configuration file.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/dfs/dfstab

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group ownership of the NFS export configuration file.

Procedure:
# chgrp root /etc/dfs/dfstab

STIG check 432 of 507 in the Solaris 10 SPARC STIG checklist

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