The hosts.lpd (or equivalent) file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22435	GEN003930	SV-35144r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Failure to give group-ownership of the hosts.lpd file to root, bin, sys, or system provides the members of the owning group and possible unauthorized users, with the potential to modify the hosts.lpd file. Unauthorized modifications could disrupt access to local printers from authorized remote hosts or permit unauthorized remote access to local printers.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-01-27

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-31913r1_fix)
Change the group-owner of the hosts.lpd (or equivalent) file(s). # chgrp root /etc/hosts.lpd