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The Ubuntu operating system must have directories that contain system commands set to a mode of 0755 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-238344 UBTU-20-010423 SV-238344r654207_rule Medium
Description
Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information. Operating systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user has in order to make access decisions regarding the deletion of audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.
STIG Date
Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-12-06

Details

Check Text ( C-41554r654205_chk )
Verify the system commands directories have mode 0755 or less permissive:

/bin
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/sbin
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/sbin

Check that the system command directories have mode 0755 or less permissive with the following command:

$ find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin -perm /022 -type d -exec stat -c "%n %a" '{}' \;

If any directories are found to be group-writable or world-writable, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-41513r654206_fix)
Configure the system commands directories to be protected from unauthorized access. Run the following command:

$ sudo find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin -perm /022 -type d -exec chmod -R 755 '{}' \;