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GEN002260 - The system must be checked for extraneous device files at least weekly.

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Information

If an unauthorized device is allowed to exist on the system, there is the possibility the system may perform unauthorized operations.
 NOTE: Nessus has not performed this query, and this check is only provided for informational purposes.

Solution

Establish a weekly automated or manual process to create a list of device files on the system and determine if any files have been added, moved, or deleted since the last list was generated.

A list of device files can be generated with this command:
# find / -type b -o -type c > device-file-list

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R17_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000318, Group-ID|V-923, Rule-ID|SV-37543r3_rule, STIG-ID|GEN002260

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 37d679baacc6a94f1ef80101cb0bcf890907174660a28a543d8ca4a819a134b7