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V-4273

CAT II (Medium)

The /etc/news/incoming.conf (or equivalent) must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-46143r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

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

Check Content

SUSE ships the InternetNewsDaemon (innd) news server. The file corresponding to "/etc/news/hosts.nntp" is "/etc/news/incoming.conf". Check the permissions for "/etc/news/incoming.conf".

# ls -lL /etc/news/incoming.conf

If "/etc/news/incoming.conf" has a mode more permissive than 0600, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the mode of the "/etc/news/incoming.conf" file to 0600.

# chmod 0600 /etc/news/incoming/conf