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1.171 SLES-15-040050

Information

The SUSE operating system file integrity tool must be configured to verify extended attributes.

GROUP ID: V-234987RULE ID: SV-234987r991589

Extended attributes in file systems are used to contain arbitrary data and file metadata with security implications.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the SUSE operating system file integrity tool to check file and directory extended attributes.

If AIDE is installed, ensure the "xattrs" rule is present on all file and directory selection lists.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23779

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-234987r991589_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-040050, Vuln-ID|V-234987

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1e62660eb66eb331ebc6e48535f1f4d6786029efd32135b32d86546c29281dc2