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Check: GEN003760

Solaris 10 X86 STIG: GEN003760 (in versions v2 r4 through v1 r17)

Title

The services file must be owned by root or bin. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to root or bin provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

Check Content

Check the ownership of the services file. Procedure: # ls -lL /etc/services If the services file is not owned by root or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the ownership of the services file to root or bin. Procedure: # chown root /etc/services

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-227816r854496_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-227816

Group Title: SRG-OS-000312

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-002165	The information system enforces organization-defined discretionary access control policies over defined subjects and objects.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AC-3 (4)	Discretionary Access Control