Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-792	GEN001280	SV-38463r2_rule		Low

Description
If manual pages are compromised, misleading information could be inserted, causing actions possibly compromising the system.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-39552r3_chk )
Check the mode of the manual page files. # find `env | grep MANPATH | cut -f 2,2 -d "=" | tr ':' ' ' ` -type f \( -perm -100 -o -perm -030 -o -perm -003 \) -exec ls -al {} + If any manual page file mode is more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31561r1_fix)
Change the mode of manual page files to 0644 or less permissive. Example: # chmod 0644 /