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The hosts.lpd (or equivalent) file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-220043 GEN003930 SV-220043r603265_rule Medium
Description
Failure to give group ownership of the hosts.lpd (or equivalent) file to root, bin, sys, or system provides the members of the owning group and possible unauthorized users, with the potential to modify it. Unauthorized modifications could disrupt access to local printers from authorized remote hosts or permit unauthorized remote access to local printers.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-21752r485073_chk )
Check the group ownership of the print service configuration files.

Procedure:

# ls -lL /etc/printers.conf /etc/apache/httpd-standalone-ipp.conf /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf

If the files are not group-owned by root, bin, or sys, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-21751r485074_fix)
Change the group owner of the print service configuration files.
Procedure:

# chgrp bin /etc/apache/httpd-standalone-ipp.conf
# chgrp root /etc/printers.conf /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf