The sticky bit must be set on all public directories.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-806	GEN002500	SV-37647r1_rule	ECCD-1 ECCD-2	Low

Description
Failing to set the sticky bit on the public directories allows unauthorized users to delete files in the directory structure. The only authorized public directories are those temporary directories supplied with the system or those designed to be temporary file repositories. The setting is normally reserved for directories used by the system and by users for temporary file storage, (e.g., /tmp), and for directories requiring global read/write access.

Description

Failing to set the sticky bit on the public directories allows unauthorized users to delete files in the directory structure. The only authorized public directories are those temporary directories supplied with the system or those designed to be temporary file repositories. The setting is normally reserved for directories used by the system and by users for temporary file storage, (e.g., /tmp), and for directories requiring global read/write access.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-01-09

Details

Check Text ( C-36843r1_chk )
Check all world-writable directories have the sticky bit set. Procedure: # find / -type d -perm -002 ! -perm -1000 > wwlist If the sticky bit is not set on a world-writable directory, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31680r1_fix)
Set the sticky bit on all public directories. Procedure: # chmod 1777 /tmp (Replace /tmp with the public directory missing the sticky bit, if necessary.)