IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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AIX system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
<VulnDiscussion>This prevents attackers with physical access from trivially bypassing security on the machine and gaining root access. Such a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000281-GPOS-00111
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The control script lists of preloaded libraries must contain only absolute paths on AIX systems.
<VulnDiscussion>The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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AIX must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.
<VulnDiscussion>Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created they do not have unnecessary acce...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229
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There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the AIX system.
<VulnDiscussion>Trust files are convenient, but when used in conjunction with the remote login services, they can allow unauthenticated acces...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX run control scripts executable search paths must contain only absolute paths.
<VulnDiscussion>The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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