Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in login.defs

An XCCDF Rule

Description

To ensure the default umask controlled by /etc/login.defs is set properly, add or correct the UMASK setting in /etc/login.defs to read as follows:

UMASK

Rationale

The umask value influences the permissions assigned to files when they are created. A misconfigured umask value could result in files with excessive permissions that can be read and written to by unauthorized users.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_umask_etc_login_defs
Severity: Medium
References: 11 18 3 9

APO13.01 BAI03.01 BAI03.02 BAI03.03 BAI10.01 BAI10.02 BAI10.03 BAI10.05

CCI-000366

4.3.4.3.2 4.3.4.3.3

SR 7.6

A.12.1.2 A.12.5.1 A.12.6.2 A.14.1.1 A.14.2.1 A.14.2.2 A.14.2.3 A.14.2.4 A.14.2.5 A.6.1.5

CIP-003-8 R5.1.1 CIP-003-8 R5.3 CIP-004-6 R2.3 CIP-007-3 R2.1 CIP-007-3 R2.2 CIP-007-3 R2.3 CIP-007-3 R5.1 CIP-007-3 R5.1.1 CIP-007-3 R5.1.2

AC-6(1) CM-6(a)

PR.IP-1 PR.IP-2

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228

R36
Updated: about 1 month ago

Remediation Templates

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)  - accounts_umask_etc_login_defs
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_accounts_user_umask # promote to variable
  set_fact:
    var_accounts_user_umask: !!str <xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_accounts_user_umask" use="legacy"/>
  tags:
    - always
- name: Check if UMASK is already set
  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
    path: /etc/login.defs
    regexp: ^(\s*)UMASK\s+.*
    state: absent
  check_mode: true
  changed_when: false
  register: result_umask_is_set
  when: '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - accounts_umask_etc_login_defs
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - restrict_strategy

- name: Replace user UMASK in /etc/login.defs
  ansible.builtin.replace:
    path: /etc/login.defs
    regexp: ^(\s*)UMASK(\s+).*
    replace: \g<1>UMASK\g<2>{{ var_accounts_user_umask }}
  when:
  - '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
  - result_umask_is_set.found > 0
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - accounts_umask_etc_login_defs
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - restrict_strategy

- name: Ensure the Default UMASK is Appended Correctly
  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
    create: true
    path: /etc/login.defs
    line: UMASK {{ var_accounts_user_umask }}
  when:
  - '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
  - result_umask_is_set.found == 0
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - accounts_umask_etc_login_defs
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - restrict_strategy

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q shadow-utils; then
var_accounts_user_umask='<xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_accounts_user_umask" use="legacy"/>'


# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^UMASK")

# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_accounts_user_umask"

# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^UMASK\\>" "/etc/login.defs"; then
    escaped_formatted_output=$(sed -e 's|/|\\/|g' <<< "$formatted_output")
    LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/^UMASK\\>.*/$escaped_formatted_output/gi" "/etc/login.defs"
else
    if [[ -s "/etc/login.defs" ]] && [[ -n "$(tail -c 1 -- "/etc/login.defs" || true)" ]]; then
        LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks '$a'\\ "/etc/login.defs"
    fi
    printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/login.defs"
fi

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in login.defs

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Remediation Templates

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