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V-4369

CAT II (Medium)

The traceroute command owner must be root.

Rule ID

SV-45818r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

If the traceroute command owner has not been set to root, an unauthorized user could use this command to obtain knowledge of the network topology inside the firewall. This information may allow an attacker to determine trusted routers and other network information potentially leading to system and network compromise.

Check Content

# ls -lL /usr/sbin/traceroute

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

Fix Text

Change the owner of the traceroute command to root.
Example:
# chown root /usr/sbin/traceroute