STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

RHEL 8 system commands must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

DISA Rule

SV-230257r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230257

Group Title

SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010300

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001499 - The organization limits privileges to change software resident within software libraries.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the system commands to be protected from unauthorized access.

Run the following command, replacing "[FILE]" with any system command with a mode more permissive than "0755".

$ sudo chmod 0755 [FILE]

Check Contents

Verify the system commands contained in the following directories have mode "0755" or less permissive with the following command:

$ sudo find -L /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin -perm /0022 -exec ls -l {} \;

If any system commands are found to be group-writable or world-writable, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230257

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010300

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the system commands contained in the following directories have mode "0755" or less permissive with the following command:

$ sudo find -L /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin -perm /0022 -exec ls -l {} \;

If any system commands are found to be group-writable or world-writable, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2921

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