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

AIX process core dumps must be disabled.

DISA Rule

SV-215396r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215396

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003093

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Run command:
# chsec -f /etc/security/limits -s default -a core=0

Check Contents

From the command prompt, run the following command:

# lsuser -a core ALL
root core=0
daemon core=0
bin core=0
sys core=0
adm core=0
uucp core=0
snapp core=0
ipsec core=0
srvproxy core=0
esaadmin core=0
sshd core=0
doejohn core=0

If any user does not have a value of "core = 0", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215396

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003093

Severity Override Guidance

From the command prompt, run the following command:

# lsuser -a core ALL
root core=0
daemon core=0
bin core=0
sys core=0
adm core=0
uucp core=0
snapp core=0
ipsec core=0
srvproxy core=0
esaadmin core=0
sshd core=0
doejohn core=0

If any user does not have a value of "core = 0", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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