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Severity

Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

The /etc/news/hosts.nntp (or equivalent) must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The /etc/news/hosts.nntp (or equivalent) must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

Description

Discussion Text

Excessive permissions on the hosts.nntp file may allow unauthorized modification which could lead to Denial-of-Service to authorized users or provide access to unauthorized users.

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Objective

V-4273

Rule

SV-4273r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006260

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check /etc/news/hosts.nntp permissions.

# ls -lL /etc/news/hosts.nntp

If /etc/news/hosts.nntp has a mode more permissive than 0600, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the mode of the /etc/news/hosts.nntp file to 0600.

# chmod 0600 /etc/news/hosts.nntp

STIG check 438 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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