Global initialization files' library search paths must contain only absolute paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22359	GEN001845	SV-38842r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The library search path environment variable(s) contain a list of directories for the dynamic linker to search to find libraries. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, libraries in these directories may be loaded instead of system libraries. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Paths starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

Description

The library search path environment variable(s) contain a list of directories for the dynamic linker to search to find libraries. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, libraries in these directories may be loaded instead of system libraries. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Paths starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

STIG	Date
AIX 5.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-37171r1_chk )
Check the global initialization files' library search paths. #egrep '(LD_LIBRARY_PATH\|LIBPATH)' /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/security/.login /etc/environment /etc/security/environ The LIBPATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/), this is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-37171r1_chk )

Check the global initialization files' library search paths.

#egrep '(LD_LIBRARY_PATH|LIBPATH)' /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/security/.login /etc/environment /etc/security/environ

The LIBPATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/), this is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33097r1_fix)
Edit the global initialization files /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/security/.login /etc/environment /etc/security/environ and remove relative entries from the library search path variables. #vi /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/security/.login /etc/environment /etc/security/environ