STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 3 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that all local initialization files have mode 0740 or less permissive.

DISA Rule

SV-204476r603261_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-204476

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-07-020710

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".

# chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.[^.]*

Check Contents

Verify that all local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive.

Check the mode on all local initialization files with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".

# ls -al /home/smithj/.[^.]* | more

-rwxr----- 1 smithj users 896 Mar 10 2011 .profile
-rwxr----- 1 smithj users 497 Jan 6 2007 .login
-rwxr----- 1 smithj users 886 Jan 6 2007 .something

If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-204476

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-07-020710

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that all local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive.

Check the mode on all local initialization files with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".

# ls -al /home/smithj/.[^.]* | more

-rwxr----- 1 smithj users 896 Mar 10 2011 .profile
-rwxr----- 1 smithj users 497 Jan 6 2007 .login
-rwxr----- 1 smithj users 886 Jan 6 2007 .something

If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2899

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