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V-216210

CAT II (Medium)

The centralized process core dump data directory must be owned by root.

Rule ID

SV-216210r959010_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contained in the core file, and it must be protected accordingly. If the centralized process core dump data directory is not owned by root, the core dumps contained in the directory may be subject to unauthorized access.

Check Content

Check the defined directory for process core dumps.
# coreadm | grep "global core file pattern"

Check the ownership of the directory.
# ls -lLd [core file directory]

If the directory is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The root role is required.

Change the owner of the core file directory. 

# chown root [core file directory]