STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

All RHEL 8 local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.

DISA Rule

SV-230325r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230325

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010770

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

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".

$ sudo chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.<INIT_FILE>

Check Contents

Verify that all local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive with the following command:

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

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

-rwxr-xr-x 1 smithj users 896 Mar 10 2011 .profile
-rwxr-xr-x 1 smithj users 497 Jan 6 2007 .login
-rwxr-xr-x 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-230325

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010770

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that all local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive with the following command:

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

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

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

2921

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