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V-230325

CAT II (Medium)

All RHEL 8 local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-230325r1017136_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R7

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 local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive with the following command:

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

     $ sudo ls -al /home/smithj/.[^.]* | more

     -rw-------. 1 smithj users 2984 Apr 27 19:02 .bash_history
     -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users   18 Aug 21  2019 .bash_logout
     -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users  193 Aug 21  2019 .bash_profile

If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command:

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

     $ sudo chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.<INIT_FILE>