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


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22359 GEN001845 SV-38348r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
The library search path environment variable(s) contains 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
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-36387r1_chk )
Check the global initialization files' library search path.
# egrep "LD_LIBRARY_PATH|SHLIB_PATH" /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/environment /etc/.login

This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of paths. 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-31727r1_fix)
Edit the global initialization file and remove the relative path entry from the library search path variable.