Verify Permissions on the Open vSwitch Process ID File
An XCCDF Rule
Description
To properly set the permissions of /var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid, run the command:
$ sudo chmod 0644 /var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid
Rationale
CNI (Container Network Interface) files consist of a specification and libraries for writing plugins to configure network interfaces in Linux containers, along with a number of supported plugins. Allowing writeable access to the files could allow an attacker to modify the networking configuration potentially adding a rogue network connection.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_file_permissions_ovs_pid
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated