Title

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that all files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories are group-owned by a group of which the home directory owner is a member. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If a local interactive user's files are group-owned by a group of which the user is not a member, unintended users may be able to access them.

Check Content

Verify all files and directories in a local interactive user home directory are group-owned by a group the user is a member of. Check the group owner of all files and directories in a local interactive user's home directory with the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj", who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". # ls -lLR /<home directory>/<users home directory>/ -rw-r--r-- 1 smithj smithj 18 Mar 5 17:06 file1 -rw-r--r-- 1 smithj smithj 193 Mar 5 17:06 file2 -rw-r--r-- 1 smithj sa 231 Mar 5 17:06 file3 If any files are found with an owner different than the group home directory user, check to see if the user is a member of that group with the following command: # grep smithj /etc/group sa:x:100:juan,shelley,bob,smithj smithj:x:521:smithj If the user is not a member of a group that group owns file(s) in a local interactive user's home directory, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the group of a local interactive user's files and directories to a group that the interactive user is a member of. To change the group owner of a local interactive user's files and directories, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user smithj, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj" and is a member of the users group. # chgrp users /home/smithj/<file>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-204472r603261_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-204472

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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