The SUSE operating system must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-237603 | SLES-12-010111 | SV-237603r991589_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| The sudo command allows a user to execute programs with elevated (administrator) privileges. It prompts the user for their password and confirms your request to execute a command by checking a file, called sudoers. If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system. |
| STIG | Date |
| SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-11-25 |
Details
| Check Text (C-40822r646770_chk) |
| Verify the "sudoers" file restricts sudo access to authorized personnel. $ sudo grep -iw 'ALL' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/* If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |
| Fix Text (F-40785r646771_fix) |
| Remove the following entries from the sudoers file: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |