Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

The smb.conf file must be owned by root.

Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The smb.conf file must be owned by root.

Description

Discussion Text

The smb.conf file allows access to other machines on the network and grants permissions to certain users. If it is owned by another user, the file may be maliciously modified and the Samba configuration could be compromised.

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Objective

V-227018

Rule

SV-227018r603265_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006100

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the ownership of the smb.conf file.  Default locations for this file include /etc, /etc/sfw, /etc/samba, and /etc/sfw/samba.  If the system has Samba installed in non-standard locations, also check the smb.conf in those locations.
 
Procedure:
# ls -l /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf
 
If a smb.conf file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the ownership of the smb.conf file.

Procedure:
# chown root /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf

STIG check 443 of 507 in the Solaris 10 SPARC STIG checklist

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