STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

NIS/NIS+/yp files must be owned by root, sys, or bin.

DISA Rule

SV-226498r603265_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-226498

Group Title

SRG-OS-000312

Rule Version

GEN001320

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002165 - The information system enforces organization-defined discretionary access control policies over defined subjects and objects.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the ownership of NIS/NIS+/yp files to root, bin, or sys.

Procedure:
# chown -R root /usr/lib/netsvc/yp /var/yp

Check Contents

Perform the following to check NIS file ownership.
# ls -lRa /usr/lib/netsvc/yp /var/yp
If the file ownership is not root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-226498

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN001320

Severity Override Guidance

Perform the following to check NIS file ownership.
# ls -lRa /usr/lib/netsvc/yp /var/yp
If the file ownership is not root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4060

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