All OL 8 local interactive user home directories must have mode "0750" or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-248639	OL08-00-010730	SV-248639r991589_rule		Medium

Description
Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-52073r779481_chk )
Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command. Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information. $ sudo ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $6}' /etc/passwd) drwxr-x--- 2 smithj admin 4096 Jun 5 12:41 smithj If home directories of interactive users referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-52073r779481_chk )

Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command.

Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information.

$ sudo ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $6}' /etc/passwd)

drwxr-x--- 2 smithj admin 4096 Jun 5 12:41 smithj

If home directories of interactive users referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-52027r779482_fix)
Change the mode of interactive users' home directories to "0750" using the following command. Note: The example will be for the user "smithj". $ sudo chmod 0750 /home/smithj