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The TSIG keys used with the BIND 9.x implementation must be group owned by a privileged account.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-207564 BIND-9X-001111 SV-207564r879613_rule Medium
Description
Incorrect ownership of a TSIG key file could allow an adversary to modify the file, thus defeating the security objective.
STIG Date
BIND 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-02-15

Details

Check Text ( C-7819r283746_chk )
With the assistance of the DNS Administrator, identify all of the TSIG keys used by the BIND 9.x implementation.

Identify the account that the "named" process is running as:

# ps -ef | grep named
named 3015 1 0 12:59 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/named/chroot

With the assistance of the DNS Administrator, determine the location of the TSIG keys used by the BIND 9.x implementation.

# ls –al
-rw-------. 1 named named 76 May 10 20:35 tsig-example.key

If any of the TSIG keys are not group owned by the above account, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-7819r283747_fix)
Change the group ownership of the TSIG keys to the named process group.

# chgrp