Library files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38465	RHEL-06-000045	SV-50265r3_rule		Medium

Description
Files from shared library directories are loaded into the address space of processes (including privileged ones) or of the kernel itself at runtime. Restrictive permissions are necessary to protect the integrity of the system.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-06-05

Details

Check Text ( C-46019r4_chk )
System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by default: /lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 Kernel modules, which can be added to the kernel during runtime, are stored in "/lib/modules". All files in these directories should not be group-writable or world-writable. To find shared libraries that are group-writable or world-writable, run the following command for each directory [DIR] which contains shared libraries: $ find -L [DIR] -perm /022 -type f If any of these files (excluding broken symlinks) are group-writable or world-writable, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-46019r4_chk )

System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by default:

/lib
/lib64
/usr/lib
/usr/lib64

Kernel modules, which can be added to the kernel during runtime, are stored in "/lib/modules". All files in these directories should not be group-writable or world-writable. To find shared libraries that are group-writable or world-writable, run the following command for each directory [DIR] which contains shared libraries:

$ find -L [DIR] -perm /022 -type f

If any of these files (excluding broken symlinks) are group-writable or world-writable, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43409r2_fix)
System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by default: /lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 If any file in these directories is found to be group-writable or world-writable, correct its permission with the following command: # chmod go-w [FILE]