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The AIX root accounts list of preloaded libraries must be empty.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the libraries required by the binary. If this list contains paths to libraries relative to the current working directory, unintended libraries may be preloaded.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-215196r508663_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Edit the "root" user's initialization files and remove any definition of "LDR_PRELOAD".