Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-91597 | AIX7-00-002079 | SV-101695r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Without privileged group owners, audio devices will be vulnerable to being used as eaves-dropping devices by malicious users or intruders to possibly listen to conversations containing sensitive information. |
STIG | Date |
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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2020-02-24 |
Check Text ( C-90751r3_chk ) |
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Check the group owner of audio devices using commands: # /usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep -i audio aud0 Available USB Audio Device # ls -lL /dev/*aud0 cr--r--r-- 1 root system 16, 0 Jan 24 07:25 aud0 If the group owner of an audio device is not "root", "sys", "bin", or "system", this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-97795r1_fix) |
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Change the group owner of the audio device using command: # chgrp system |