3.18 Verify that daemon.json file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive

Information

Verify that the 'daemon.json' file permissions are correctly set to '644' or more restrictive.'daemon.json' file contains sensitive parameters that may alter the behavior of docker
daemon. Hence, it should be writable only by 'root' to maintain the integrity of the file.

Solution

chmod 644 /etc/docker/daemon.json
This would set the file permissions for this file to '644'.Impact-None.Default Value-This file may not be present on the system. In that case, this recommendation is not
applicable.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/517

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2de985bcf608a2692f99d6eb6459b55bffd8f707c586d4db5835e6483f3f31ce