The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that all local initialization files have mode 0740 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-204476r917827_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command:
Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".
# chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.[^.]*