Title

"At" jobs must not set the umask to a value less restrictive than 077. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. An umask of 077 limits new files to mode 700 or less permissive. Although umask is often represented as a 4-digit number, the first digit representing special access modes is typically ignored or required to be “0”.

Check Content

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to determine what "at" jobs exist on the system. ls /var/at/spool If no "at" jobs are present, this is not applicable. To determine if any of the "at" jobs or any scripts referenced execute the "umask" command check for any umask setting more permissive than 077. grep umask /var/at/spool<at job or referenced script> If any "at" job or referenced script sets umask to a value more permissive than 077, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Open a terminal session and edit "at" jobs or referenced scripts to remove "umask" commands setting umask to a value less restrictive than 077.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-38022r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4366

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