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V-261292

CAT II (Medium)

All SLEM 5 local initialization files must have mode 740 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-261292r1184388_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

Check Content

Verify that all SLEM 5 local initialization files have a mode of "740" or less permissive with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the user "dosuser", who has a home directory of "/home/dosuser".

     > sudo ls -al /home/dosuser/.* | more
     -rw-r-x---- 1 dosuser users 896 Mar 10 2011 .profile
     -rw-r-x---- 1 dosuser users 497 Jan 6 27 .login
     -rw-r-x---- 1 dosuser users 886 Jan 6 27 .something

If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "740", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the mode of SLEM 5 local initialization files to "740" with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the dosuser user, who has a home directory of "/home/dosuser".

     > sudo chmod 740 /home/dosuser/.<INIT_FILE>