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V-824

CAT II (Medium)

The services file must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-45765r1_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

The services file is critical to the proper operation of network services and must be protected from unauthorized modification. Unauthorized modification could result in the failure of network services.

Check Content

Check the mode of the services file.

Procedure:
# ls -lL /etc/services

If the services file has a mode more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the mode of the services file to 0644 or less permissive.

Procedure:
# chmod 0644 /etc/services