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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All AIX interactive users home directories must be owned by their respective users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;System binaries are executed by privileged users as well as system services, and restrictive permissions are necessary to ens...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All AIX interactive users home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner primary group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the Group Identifier (GID) of the home directory is not the same as the GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All files and directories contained in users home directories on AIX must be group-owned by a group in which the home directory owner is a member.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the Group Identifier (GID) of the home directory is not the same as the GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AIX library files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized access could destroy the integrity of the library files.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalseP...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Samba packages must be removed from AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the smbpasswd file has a mode more permissive than 0600, the smbpasswd file may be maliciously accessed or modified, poten...
    Rule Medium Severity

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