The centralized process core dump data directory must not have an extended ACL.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22403	GEN003505	SV-26603r1_rule	ECLP-1	Low

Description
Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contained in the core file, and it must be protected accordingly. If the process core dump data directory has an extended ACL, unauthorized users may be able to view or to modify sensitive information contained any process core dumps in the directory.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-36492r2_chk )

View all coreadm configuration settings. # coreadm Or View only if a directory is defined for process core dumps. If no information is returned, a directory has not been defined. # coreadm | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | egrep -i "global core file pattern|global core dumps" If the process core dump directory is undefined and core dumps are disabled, this is not applicable. If the process core dump directory is defined and core dumps are enabled, check the permissions of the # ls -lLd `dirname ` If the permissions include a "+" the file has an extended ACL, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31845r2_fix)
If the core file dump pattern is undefined, ensure that core dumps are disabled. # coreadm -d global If the core file dump pattern is defined and core dumps are enabled and the core file directory permissions include a "+" (ACL), remove the optional ACL from the file. # chacl -z