Detections
Analytics
SLES-12-010830 - All SUSE operating system world-writable directories must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application group.
Information
If a world-writable directory has the sticky bit set and is not group-owned by a privileged Group Identifier (GID), unauthorized users may be able to modify files created by others.The only authorized public directories are those temporary directories supplied with the system or those designed to be temporary file repositories. The setting is normally reserved for directories used by the system and by users for temporary file storage, (e.g., /tmp), and for directories requiring global read/write access.
NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.
Solution
Change the group of the SUSE operating system world-writable directories to root with the following command:# chgrp root <directory>
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLES_12_V3R4_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA SLES 12 STIG v3r4
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-217182r991589_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-12-010830, STIG-Legacy|SV-91949, STIG-Legacy|V-77253, Vuln-ID|V-217182
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 74ec97e55734c530b8cfcb3532dfcaf279a9fe54235a70b411af155e73ca2232