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V-239527

CAT II (Medium)

The alias files must be owned by root.

Rule ID

SV-239527r662032_rule

STIG

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000382

Discussion

If the alias and aliases.db files are not owned by root, an unauthorized user may modify the file to add aliases to run malicious code or redirect email.

Check Content

Check the ownership of the alias file:

# ls -lL /etc/aliases
# ls -lL /etc/aliases.db

If all the files are not owned by "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the alias files to "root":

# chown root /etc/aliases
# chown root /etc/aliases.db