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All network services daemon files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-786 GEN001180 SV-44931r1_rule Medium
Description
Restricting permission on daemons will protect them from unauthorized modification and possible system compromise.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-42367r1_chk )
Check the mode of network services daemons.
# find /usr/sbin -type f -perm +022 -exec stat -c %a:%n {} \;

This will return the octal permissions and name of all files that are group or world writable.
If any network services daemon listed is world or group writable (either or both of the 2 lowest order digits contain a 2, 3 or 6), this is a finding.
Note: Network daemons not residing in these directories (such as httpd or sshd) must also be checked for the correct permissions.
Fix Text (F-38358r1_fix)
Change the mode of the network services daemon.
# chmod go-w