The root account's library search path must be the system default and must contain only absolute paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN000945-ESXI5-PF	GEN000945-ESXI5-PF	GEN000945-ESXI5-PF_rule		Medium

Description
The library search path environment variable(s) contain a list of directories for the dynamic linker to search to find libraries. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, libraries in these directories may be loaded instead of system libraries. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Entries starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths. Applicable, but permanent finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

Description

The library search path environment variable(s) contain a list of directories for the dynamic linker to search to find libraries. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, libraries in these directories may be loaded instead of system libraries. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Entries starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths. Applicable, but permanent finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN000945-ESXI5-PF_chk )
ESXi does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN000945-ESXI5-PF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented but this finding cannot be considered fixed.