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SOL-11.1-080090 - The kernel core dump data directory must be owned by root.

Information

Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. As the system memory may contain sensitive information, it must be protected accordingly. If the kernel core dump data directory is not owned by root, the core dumps contained in the directory may be subject to unauthorized access.

Solution

The root role is required.

This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this action applies.

Determine the location of the system dump directory.

# dumpadm | grep directory

Change the owner of the kernel core dump data directory to root.

# chown root [savecore directory]

In Solaris 11, /var/crash is linked to /var/share/crash.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_11_SPARC_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216451r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-080090, STIG-Legacy|SV-60883, STIG-Legacy|V-48011, Vuln-ID|V-216451

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7916e33ccd0a36af9954068f408975bd932048359857510fe92c895a07fca991