All AIX Group Identifiers (GIDs) referenced in the /etc/passwd file must be defined in the /etc/group file.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If a user is assigned the GID of a group not existing on the system, and a group with that GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to the group.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215339r508663_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Add a group to the system for each GID referenced without a corresponding group by running "mkgroup" command.