Management Information Base (MIB) files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-995	GEN005340	SV-35178r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
The ability to read the MIB file could impart special knowledge to an intruder or malicious user about the ability to extract compromising information about the system or network.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-36613r1_chk )
Check the modes for all MIB files on the system. # find / -type f -name *.mib -exec ls -lL {} \; If any file is returned without a mode 0640 or less permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31979r1_fix)
Change the mode of MIB files to 0640. # chmod 0640