UCF STIG Viewer Logo
Changes are coming to https://stigviewer.com. Take our survey to help us understand your usage and how we can better serve you in the future.
Take Survey

Management Information Base (MIB) files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-995 GEN005340 SV-45961r1_rule Medium
Description
The ability to read the MIB file could impart special knowledge to an intruder or malicious user about the ability to extract compromising information about the system or network.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-43243r1_chk )
Check the modes for all Management Information Base (MIB) files on the system.

Procedure:
# find / -name *mib* -o -name *MIB* | xargs ls -lL

Any file returned with a mode 0640 or less permissive is a finding.
Fix Text (F-39326r1_fix)
Change the mode of MIB files to 0640.

Procedure:
# chmod 0640