Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-230325 | RHEL-08-010770 | SV-230325r917879_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. |
STIG | Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-09-11 |
Check Text ( C-32994r917877_chk ) |
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Verify that all local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive with the following command: Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". $ sudo ls -al /home/smithj/.[^.]* | more -rw-------. 1 smithj users 2984 Apr 27 19:02 .bash_history -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users 18 Aug 21 2019 .bash_logout -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users 193 Aug 21 2019 .bash_profile If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-32969r917878_fix) |
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Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command: Note: The example will be for the smithj user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". $ sudo chmod 0740 /home/smithj/. |