Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-792	GEN001280	SV-44949r1_rule		Low

Description
If manual pages are compromised, misleading information could be inserted, causing actions to compromise the system.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-42375r1_chk )
Check the mode of the manual page files. Procedure: # ls -lL /usr/share/man /usr/share/info /usr/share/man/man* If any of the manual page files have a mode more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38373r1_fix)
Change the mode of manual page files to 0644 or less permissive. Procedure (example): # chmod 0644 /path/to/manpage