Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-22492 | GEN005750 | SV-46118r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Failure to give group-ownership of the NFS export configuration file to root or a system group provides the designated group-owner and possible unauthorized users with the potential to change system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture. |
STIG | Date |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z | 2016-12-20 |
Check Text ( C-43375r1_chk ) |
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Check the group ownership of the NFS export configuration file. Procedure: # ls -lL /etc/exports If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-39459r2_fix) |
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Change the group ownership of the NFS export configuration file. Procedure: # chgrp root /etc/exports |