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All FTP users must have a default umask of 077.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-12011 GEN005040 SV-38813r1_rule ECCD-1 ECCD-2 Medium
Description
The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. An umask of 077 limits new files to mode 700 or less permissive. Although umask is stored as a 4-digit number, the first digit representing special access modes is typically ignored or required to be zero (0).
STIG Date
AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2018-09-18

Details

Check Text ( C-37053r1_chk )
Check the umask setting for the "ftp" user.

Procedure:
# lsuser -a umask ftp

If the umask value does not return 077 or 77, this is a finding.

Check the default umask that the ftpd daemon is running with
# grep ftpd /etc/inetd.conf
If there is not a -u077 argument on the ftpd, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-32321r1_fix)
Add the arguments -u077 to the ftpd on the /etc/inetd.conf and refresh inetd.
#vi /etc/inetd.conf
#refresh -s inetd

Change the umask of the ftp user.
#chuser umask=077 ftp