The root account's list of preloaded libraries must be empty.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22311	GEN000950	SV-25958r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the libraries required by the binary. If this list contains paths to libraries relative to the current working directory, unintended libraries may be preloaded. This variable is formatted as a space-separated list of libraries. Paths starting with (/) are absolute paths.

STIG	Date
UNIX SRG	2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-29100r1_chk )
Consult vendor documentation for the system's dynamic linker to determine what environment variables are used to configure the list of preloaded libraries. List the root user's environment variables. Procedure: # env Determine if the root account's list of preloaded libraries is empty. If it is not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-26101r1_fix)
Empty the root account's list of preloaded libraries.