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Process core dumps must be disabled unless needed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-11996 GEN003500 SV-27402r1_rule ECCD-1 ECCD-2 Low
Description
Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Process core dump files can be of significant size and their use can result in file systems filling to capacity, which may result in Denial of Service. Process core dumps can be useful for software debugging.
STIG Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-28566r1_chk )
lsuer –a core ALL

If any user does not have a value of core = 0, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-24650r1_fix)
#chsec -f /etc/security/limits –s default –a core=0