STIGQter: STIG Summary: SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The SUSE operating system must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo".

DISA Rule

SV-237604r646775_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-237604

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

SLES-12-010112

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002227 - The organization restricts privileged accounts on the information system to organization-defined personnel or roles.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Define the following in the Defaults section of the /etc/sudoers file or a configuration file in the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory:
Defaults !targetpw
Defaults !rootpw
Defaults !runaspw

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Verify that the sudoers security policy is configured to use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation.

$ sudo egrep -i '(!rootpw|!targetpw|!runaspw)' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/* | grep -v '#'

/etc/sudoers:Defaults !targetpw
/etc/sudoers:Defaults !rootpw
/etc/sudoers:Defaults !runaspw

If no results are returned, this is a finding
If "Defaults !targetpw" is not defined, this is a finding.
If "Defaults !rootpw" is not defined, this is a finding.
If "Defaults !runaspw" is not defined, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-237604

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-12-010112

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that the sudoers security policy is configured to use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation.

$ sudo egrep -i '(!rootpw|!targetpw|!runaspw)' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/* | grep -v '#'

/etc/sudoers:Defaults !targetpw
/etc/sudoers:Defaults !rootpw
/etc/sudoers:Defaults !runaspw

If no results are returned, this is a finding
If "Defaults !targetpw" is not defined, this is a finding.
If "Defaults !rootpw" is not defined, this is a finding.
If "Defaults !runaspw" is not defined, this is a finding.

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Target Key

4033

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