Title

The root account's library search path must be the system default and must contain only absolute paths. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The library search path environment variable(s) contain a list of directories for the dynamic linker to search to find libraries. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, libraries in these directories may be loaded instead of system libraries. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Entries starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

Check Content

Consult vendor documentation for the system's dynamic linker to determine which environment variables specify the library search path. List the root user's environment variables. Procedure: # env Determine if the root user's library search path is different from the system default. If so, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the root user's library search path to the system default.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-25957r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22310

Group Title: GEN000945

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