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XCCDF
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480
The nobody access for RPC encryption key storage service must be disabled.
The nobody access for RPC encryption key storage service must be disabled.
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The nobody access for RPC encryption key storage service must be disabled.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>If login by the user "nobody" is allowed for secure RPC, there is an increased risk of system compromise. If keyserv holds a private key for the "nobody" user, it will be used by key_encryptsession to compute a magic phrase which can be easily recovered by a malicious user.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>