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All global initialization files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-11981 GEN001720 SV-45095r1_rule Medium
Description
Global 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 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-42454r1_chk )
Check global initialization files permissions:


# ls -l /etc/bash.bashrc
# ls -l /etc/csh.cshrc
# ls -l /etc/csh.login
# ls -l /etc/environment
# ls -l /etc/ksh.kshrc
# ls -l /etc/profile

# ls -l /etc/profile.d/*
# ls -l /etc/zshrc

If global initialization files are more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-38496r1_fix)
Change the mode of the global initialization file(s) to 0644.
# chmod 0644