Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-251247r879649_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system to define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.
Add or edit the line for the "UMASK" parameter in "/etc/login.defs" file to "077":
UMASK 077