Title

Anonymous FTP accounts must not have a functional shell. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

If an anonymous FTP account has been configured to use a functional shell, attackers could gain access to the shell if the account is compromised.

Check Content

Check the shell for the anonymous FTP account. Procedure: # grep "^ftp" /etc/passwd This is a finding if the seventh field is empty (the entry ends with a ':') or if the seventh field does not contain one of the following. /bin/false /dev/null /usr/bin/false /bin/true /sbin/nologin

Fix Text

Configure anonymous FTP accounts to use a non-functional shell. If necessary, edit the /etc/passwd file to remove any functioning shells associated with the FTP account and replace them with non-functioning shells, such as, /dev/null.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-227862r603266_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-227862

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

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