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V-279667

CAT II (Medium)

Nutanix AHV must generate error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

Rule ID

SV-279667r1192524_rule

STIG

Nutanix Acropolis GPOS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-001312

Discussion

Any operating system providing too much information in error messages risks compromising the data and security of the structure, and content of error messages needs to be carefully considered by the organization. Organizations carefully consider the structure/content of error messages. The extent to which information systems are able to identify and handle error conditions is guided by organizational policy and operational requirements. Information that could be exploited by adversaries includes, for example, erroneous logon attempts with passwords entered by mistake such as the username, mission/business information that can be derived from (if not stated explicitly by) information recorded, and personal information, such as account numbers, social security numbers, and credit card numbers.

Check Content

For AOS, Prism Central, and Files, this requirement is Inherently Met.

Confirm Nutanix AHV has all system log files under the "/var/log" directory with a permission of "600" using the following command.

$ sudo find /var/log -perm /137 -type f -exec stat -c "%n %a" {} \;

If command displays any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure Nutanix AHV to set permissions of all log files under the "/home/log" directory to "600" or more restricted using the following command.

$ sudo find /var/log -perm /137 -type f -exec chmod 600 '{}' \;