STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

AIX audio devices must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or system.

DISA Rule

SV-215271r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215271

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002079

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the group owner of the audio device using command:
# chgrp system <audio device>

Check Contents

Check the group owner of audio devices using commands:

# /usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep -i audio
aud0 Available USB Audio Device

# ls -lL /dev/*aud0
cr--r--r-- 1 root system 16, 0 Jan 24 07:25 aud0

If the group owner of an audio device is not "root", "sys", "bin", or "system", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215271

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002079

Severity Override Guidance

Check the group owner of audio devices using commands:

# /usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep -i audio
aud0 Available USB Audio Device

# ls -lL /dev/*aud0
cr--r--r-- 1 root system 16, 0 Jan 24 07:25 aud0

If the group owner of an audio device is not "root", "sys", "bin", or "system", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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