The .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files must not contain a plus (+) without defining entries for NIS+ netgroups.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11987	GEN001980	SV-12488r2_rule	ECCD-1 ECCD-2	Medium

Description
A plus (+) in system accounts' files causes the system to lookup the specified entry using NIS. If the system is not using NIS, no such entries should exist.

STIG	Date
VMware ESX 3 Server	2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-7952r2_chk )
Check system configuration files for plus (+) entries. Procedure: # find / -name .rhosts -exec grep + {} \; # find / -name .shosts -exec grep + {} \; # find / -name hosts.equiv -exec grep + {} \; # find / -name shosts.equiv -exec grep + {} \; # grep + /etc/passwd # grep + /etc/shadow # grep + /etc/group If the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files contain a plus (+) and do not define entries for NIS+ netgroups, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-7952r2_chk )

Check system configuration files for plus (+) entries.

Procedure:
# find / -name .rhosts -exec grep + {} \;

# find / -name .shosts -exec grep + {} \;

# find / -name hosts.equiv -exec grep + {} \;

# find / -name shosts.equiv -exec grep + {} \;

# grep + /etc/passwd
# grep + /etc/shadow
# grep + /etc/group

If the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files contain a plus (+) and do not define entries for NIS+ netgroups, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-11248r2_fix)
Edit the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files and remove entries containing a plus (+).