Run control scripts library search paths must contain only authorized paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22354	GEN001605	SV-38343r3_rule		Medium

Description
The library search path environment variable(s) contain 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, two consecutive colons, or a single period, this is interpreted as the current working directory.. Paths starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

Description

The library search path environment variable(s) contain 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, two consecutive colons, or a single period, this is interpreted as the current working directory.. Paths starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-05-19

Details

Check Text ( C-36363r3_chk )
Verify the run control scripts library search paths do not contain references to the current working directory or other relative paths that have not been authorized by the ISSO. # egrep "LD_LIBRARY_PATH\|SHLIB_PATH" /sbin/init.d/[a-z,A-Z,0-9]* 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 a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/), or has not been documented with the ISSO, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36363r3_chk )

Verify the run control scripts library search paths do not contain references to the current working directory or other relative paths that have not been authorized by the ISSO.

# egrep "LD_LIBRARY_PATH|SHLIB_PATH" /sbin/init.d/[a-z,A-Z,0-9]*

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 a finding.

If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/), or has not been documented with the ISSO, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31700r2_fix)
Edit the run control script and remove any relative or empty path entry from the library search path variable that has not been documented with the ISSO. Edit the run control script and remove any empty entry that is defined.