All TOSS local interactive user home directories must have mode 0770 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252969	TOSS-04-020300	SV-252969r824231_rule		Medium

Description
Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sharing of information with an SA through shared resources.

STIG	Date
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-56422r824229_chk )
Verify the operating system limits the ability of non-privileged users to grant other users direct access to the contents of their home directories/folders. Ensure that the user permissions on all user home directories is set to 770 permissions with the following command: $ find $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -maxdepth 0 -not -perm 770 -ls If there is any output, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-56422r824229_chk )

Verify the operating system limits the ability of non-privileged users to grant other users direct access to the contents of their home directories/folders.

Ensure that the user permissions on all user home directories is set to 770 permissions with the following command:

$ find $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -maxdepth 0 -not -perm 770 -ls

If there is any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56372r824230_fix)
Change the mode of interactive user's home directories to "0770." To change the mode of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj." $ sudo chmod 0770 /home/smithj