All SLEM 5 local interactive user home directories must have mode 750 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-261291	SLEM-05-232030	SV-261291r996352_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-65020r996351_chk )
Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information. Verify the assigned home directory of all SLEM 5 local interactive users has a mode of "750" or less permissive with the following command: > ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:6 /home/smithj If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-65020r996351_chk )

Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information.

Verify the assigned home directory of all SLEM 5 local interactive users has a mode of "750" or less permissive with the following command:

> ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd)
-rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:6 /home/smithj

If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64928r995739_fix)
Change the mode of SLEM 5 local interactive user's home directories to "750". To change the mode of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj". > sudo chmod 750 /home/smithj