All RHEL 8 local interactive user home directory files must have mode 0750 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-244531	RHEL-08-010731	SV-244531r743842_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-02-19

Details

Check Text ( C-47806r743840_chk )
Verify all files and directories contained in a local interactive user home directory, excluding local initialization files, have a mode of "0750". Files that begin with a "." are excluded from this requirement. Note: The example will be for the user "smithj", who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". $ sudo ls -lLR /home/smithj -rwxr-x--- 1 smithj smithj 18 Mar 5 17:06 file1 -rwxr----- 1 smithj smithj 193 Mar 5 17:06 file2 -rw-r-x--- 1 smithj smithj 231 Mar 5 17:06 file3 If any files or directories are found with a mode more permissive than "0750", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-47806r743840_chk )

Verify all files and directories contained in a local interactive user home directory, excluding local initialization files, have a mode of "0750".
Files that begin with a "." are excluded from this requirement.

Note: The example will be for the user "smithj", who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".

$ sudo ls -lLR /home/smithj
-rwxr-x--- 1 smithj smithj 18 Mar 5 17:06 file1
-rwxr----- 1 smithj smithj 193 Mar 5 17:06 file2
-rw-r-x--- 1 smithj smithj 231 Mar 5 17:06 file3

If any files or directories are found with a mode more permissive than "0750", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-47763r743841_fix)
Set the mode on files and directories in the local interactive user home directory with the following command: Note: The example will be for the user smithj, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj" and is a member of the users group. $ sudo chmod 0750 /home/smithj/