GEN001280 - Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive - '/usr/share/info/*'

Information

If manual pages are compromised, misleading information could be inserted, causing actions that may compromise the system.

Solution

Change the mode of manual page files to 0644 or less permissive.
Procedure (example):
# chmod 0644 <path>/<manpage>

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000225, Rule-ID|SV-792r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN001280, Vuln-ID|V-792

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8a43bda41d998a86e4c516956cbc4c1e3ff58ad553bc1d3a2cdd04d304480178