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

The local initialization file library search paths must contain only absolute paths on AIX.

DISA Rule

SV-215424r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215424

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003129

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the local initialization file(s) and remove the relative path entry from the library search path.

Check Contents

Identify local initialization files that have library search paths:

# cat /etc/passwd | cut -f 1,1 -d ":" | xargs -n1 -IUSER sh -c 'grep -l LIB ~USER/.*'
/root/.sh_history
/home/doejohn/.profile
/home/doejane/.profile

For each file identified above, verify the search path contains only absolute paths:

Note: The "LIBPATH" and "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" variables are formatted as a colon-separated list of directories.

# cat <local_initilization_file> | grep -Ei 'lib|library'
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
LIBPATH=/usr/lib

If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding.

If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/) or other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215424

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003129

Severity Override Guidance

Identify local initialization files that have library search paths:

# cat /etc/passwd | cut -f 1,1 -d ":" | xargs -n1 -IUSER sh -c 'grep -l LIB ~USER/.*'
/root/.sh_history
/home/doejohn/.profile
/home/doejane/.profile

For each file identified above, verify the search path contains only absolute paths:

Note: The "LIBPATH" and "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" variables are formatted as a colon-separated list of directories.

# cat <local_initilization_file> | grep -Ei 'lib|library'
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
LIBPATH=/usr/lib

If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding.

If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/) or other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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