Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-791 | GEN001360 | SV-44954r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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NIS/NIS+/yp files are part of the system's identification and authentication processes and are critical to system security. Unauthorized modification of these files could compromise these processes and the system. |
STIG | Date |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z | 2016-12-20 |
Check Text ( C-42381r1_chk ) |
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Perform the following to check NIS file premissions. # ls -la /var/yp/*; If the file's mode is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-38379r1_fix) |
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Change the mode of NIS/NIS+/yp command files to 0755 or less permissive. Procedure (example): # chmod 0755 |