All local initialization files executable search paths must contain only authorized paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11986	GEN001900	SV-34915r3_rule		Medium

Description
The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search to find executables. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, executables in these directories may be executed instead of system commands. 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 executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search to find executables. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, executables in these directories may be executed instead of system commands. 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	2018-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-37677r3_chk )
Verify local initialization files have executable search path containing only authorized paths. # cat /etc/passwd \| cut -f 1,1 -d ":" \| xargs -n1 -I USER sh -c 'grep PATH ~USER/.*' 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-37677r3_chk )

Verify local initialization files have executable search path containing only authorized paths.
# cat /etc/passwd | cut -f 1,1 -d ":" | xargs -n1 -I USER sh -c 'grep PATH ~USER/.*'

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-32917r2_fix)
Edit the local initialization file and remove the relative path entries from the PATH variable that have not been documented with the ISSO. Edit the local initialization file and remove any empty entry that is defined.