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

All SUSE operating system local interactive user home directories must have mode 0750 or less permissive.

DISA Rule

SV-217173r603887_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-217173

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

SLES-12-010740

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the mode of SUSE operating system local interactive user's home directories to "0750". To change the mode of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command:

Note: The example will be for the user "smithj".

# chmod 0750 /home/smithj

Check Contents

Verify the assigned home directory of all SUSE operating system local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive.

Check the home directory assignment for all non-privileged users on the system with the following command:

Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information.

# ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd)
-rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:06 /home/smithj

If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-217173

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-12-010740

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the assigned home directory of all SUSE operating system local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive.

Check the home directory assignment for all non-privileged users on the system with the following command:

Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information.

# ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd)
-rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:06 /home/smithj

If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4033

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