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V-792

CAT III (Low)

Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-44949r1_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

If manual pages are compromised, misleading information could be inserted, causing actions to compromise the system.

Check Content

Check the mode of the manual page files.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /usr/share/man /usr/share/info /usr/share/man/man*

If any of the manual page files have a mode more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the mode of manual page files to 0644 or less permissive.

Procedure (example):
# chmod 0644 /path/to/manpage