Local initialization files must not have extended ACLs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22362	GEN001890	SV-45156r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z	2012-12-13

Details

Check Text ( C-42499r1_chk )
Check user home directories for local initialization files with extended ACLs. # for HOMEDIR in $(cut -d: -f6 /etc/passwd); do find ${HOMEDIR} -type f -name '\.*' | xargs ls -ld | grep '\+'; done If the permissions include a '+', the file has an extended ACL. If the file has an extended ACL and it has not been documented with the IAO, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38552r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file. # setfacl --remove-all