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Application role permissions should not be assigned to the Oracle PUBLIC role.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-3437 DO0320-ORACLE10 SV-24895r2_rule DCFA-1 Medium
Description
Application roles have been granted to PUBLIC. Permissions granted to PUBLIC are granted to all users of the database. Custom roles should be used to assign application permissions to functional groups of application users. The installation of Oracle does not assign role permissions to PUBLIC.
STIG Date
Oracle Database 10g Instance STIG 2014-04-02

Details

Check Text ( C-29446r2_chk )
From SQL*Plus: select granted_role from dba_role_privs where grantee = 'PUBLIC'; If any roles are listed, this is a Finding.
Fix Text (F-26509r1_fix)
Revoke role grants from PUBLIC. Do not assign role privileges to PUBLIC. From SQL*Plus: revoke [role name] from PUBLIC;