The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all local interactive user home directories have mode 0750 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-221729r603791_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Change the mode of 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