The global initialization file lists of preloaded libraries must contain only absolute paths on AIX.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215423	AIX7-00-003128	SV-215423r508663_rule		Medium

Description
The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the libraries required by the binary. If this list contains paths to libraries relative to the current working directory, unintended libraries may be preloaded.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-16621r294720_chk )
Check the global initialization files' library preload list using command: # grep LDR_PRELOAD /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/security/.login /etc/environment /etc/security/environ /etc/environment:LDR_PRELOAD=:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java7_64/jre/bin:/usr/java7_64/bin This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of paths. 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 other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16621r294720_chk )

Check the global initialization files' library preload list using command:

# grep LDR_PRELOAD /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/security/.login /etc/environment /etc/security/environ
/etc/environment:LDR_PRELOAD=:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java7_64/jre/bin:/usr/java7_64/bin

This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of paths.

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 other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16619r294721_fix)
Edit the global initialization files and remove the relative path entry from the library preload list variable 'LDR_PRELOAD'.