All local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-905	GEN001880	SV-45154r1_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	2013-04-18

Details

Check Text ( C-42497r1_chk )
Check the modes of local initialization files. Procedure: # for HOMEDIR in $(cut -d: -f6 /etc/passwd); do find ${HOMEDIR} ! -fstype nfs -type f -name '\.*' $ -perm -0002 -o -perm -0020 $; done If local initialization files are more permissive than 0740 or the .dt directory is more permissive than 0755 or the .dtprofile file is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38550r1_fix)
Ensure user startup files have permissions of 0740 or more restrictive. Examine each user’s home directory and verify all file names beginning with “.” have access permissions of 0740 or more restrictive. If they do not, use the chmod command to correct the vulnerability. Procedure: # chmod 0740 .filename Note: The period is part of the file name and is required. OR # for HOMEDIR in $(cut -d: -f6 /etc/passwd); do FILES=$(find ${HOMEDIR} ! -fstype nfs -type f -name '\.*' \( -perm -0002 -o -perm -0020 \) ); for INIFILE in ${FILES}; do chmod 600 ${INIFILE}; done; done

Fix Text (F-38550r1_fix)

Ensure user startup files have permissions of 0740 or more restrictive. Examine each user’s home directory and verify all file names beginning with “.” have access permissions of 0740 or more restrictive. If they do not, use the chmod command to correct the vulnerability.

Procedure:
# chmod 0740 .filename

Note: The period is part of the file name and is required.
OR
# for HOMEDIR in $(cut -d: -f6 /etc/passwd); do FILES=$(find ${HOMEDIR} ! -fstype nfs -type f -name '\.*' $ -perm -0002 -o -perm -0020 $ ); for INIFILE in ${FILES}; do chmod 600 ${INIFILE}; done; done