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The OHS htpasswd files (if present) must reflect proper ownership and permissions.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>In addition to OS restrictions, access rights to files and directories can be set on a web site using the web server software. That is, in addition to allowing or denying all access rights, a rule can be specified that allows or denies partial access rights. For example, users can be given read-only access rights to files, to view the information but not change the files. This check verifies that the htpasswd file is only accessible by system administrators or web managers, with the account running the web service having group permissions of read and execute. Htpasswd is a utility used by OHS to provide for password access to designated web sites.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-221453r879887_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Set permissions on htpasswd to 740 (i.e., chmod 740 $ORACLE_HOME/ohs/bin/htpasswd).