Global initialization files' lists of preloaded libraries must contain only absolute paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN001850-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001850-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001850-ESXI5-PNF_rule		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 a slash (/) are absolute paths. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

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 a slash (/) are absolute paths. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN001850-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN001850-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.