GEN003760 - The services file must be owned by root or bin.

Information

Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to root or bin provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

Solution

Change the ownership of the services file to root or bin.

Procedure:
# chown root /etc/services

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_x86_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002165, Rule-ID|SV-227816r854496_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003760, STIG-Legacy|SV-823, STIG-Legacy|V-823, Vuln-ID|V-227816

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d2f1fbef88e2ca4b555bea2625bab3fb9c4d5560106c1d792d40d318ce21a8d0