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V-215416

CAT II (Medium)

All global initialization file executable search paths must contain only absolute paths.

Rule ID

SV-215416r991589_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.

Check Content

Check the global initialization files' executable search paths using: 

# grep -i PATH /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/environment /etc/.login /etc/security/environ 
/etc/environment:PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java7_64/jre/bin:/usr/java7_64/bin
/etc/environment:LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc
/etc/environment:NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%l.%c/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%l.%c/%N.cat

This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. 

If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. 

If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/) or other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the global initialization file(s) with "PATH" variables containing relative paths. Edit the file and remove the relative path from the PATH variable.