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Permissions on user .netrc files must be 750 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-216420 SOL-11.1-070040 SV-216420r959010_rule Medium
Description
.netrc files may contain unencrypted passwords that can be used to attack other systems.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-05-30

Details

Check Text ( C-17656r371348_chk )
The root role is required.

Check that permissions on user .netrc files are 750 or less permissive.

# for dir in \
`logins -ox | awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $6 }'`; do
find ${dir}/.netrc -type f \( \
-perm -g+r -o -perm -g+w -o -perm -g+x -o \
-perm -o+r -o -perm -o+w -o -perm -o+x \) \
-ls 2>/dev/null
done

If output is produced, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-17654r371349_fix)
The root role is required.

Change the permissions on users' .netrc files to 750 or less permissive.

# chmod 750 [file name]